Holly mount records?

[canadacas]

I think others have been asking about the records from HollyMount. On his Canadian WWI enlistment form, my grandfather put Holly Mount as his place of birth and listed no names of parents. I am trying to find those records if they still exist.
Thanks for any help,
Cathy

[waiteohman]

Hello Cathy

Welcome to Rootschat.

Looks like Holly Mount would be part of Rawtenstall.
http://www.lancashirepioneers.com/whitehead/hollymount.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawtenstall

"The Parochial Registers and Records Measure in 1978 became law on 1 January 1979. As a result of this, every custodian of parish registers and records that were over 100 years old were required to deposit them in the designated record office unless exemption was obtained from the bishop. The designated record office was normally the County Record Office."

I am not from England and do not know the County Record Office for Rawtenstall. The Lancaster Records Office should have the records and will definitely be able to help you identify your records. See their Church Registers Search and Research Services links:
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/records/folk.asp
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/education/record_office/services/enquiries_research.asp

Some records are available via Family History Library:
"Most of the Parish Registers for England have been microfilmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Consequently, the the LDS church has become a tremendous research tool for genealogists and the microfilm copies of Parish Registers may be ordered from any branch Family History Library of the LDS church."

Lancashire Church Records :
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/ChurchRecords.shtml
- from this site IGI (LDS Church records) - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyLancashire_(P-Z).htm

You could try searching his name on this Parish Records website (not all parishes available though):
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/cgi-bin/mkindx.cgi?parish=Bury&type=Town&community=
and FreeReg:
http://freereg.rootsweb.com/cgi/Search.pl

Have you tried searching for his birth on the FreeBMD:
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Do you know when he emigrated? Would he have been in England on an earlier census? You might want to provide his name and birth informaton and make a new request asking for a census lookup.

Linda

[tony h]

Hi Cathy
Talk to Migky about this, as he knows a lot about Holly Mount. I'll give him a nudge for you, in case he's missed this post.

Good luck
T

[canadacas]

Thanks Tony!
I'll follow up and appreciate the nudge.
C

[Marmitch]

Speaking of Holly Mount. Could someone tell me if their are/were 2 such places. There is a Holly Mount school (used to be an orphanage) in Greenmount/Tottington. And there is also the remains of a Holly Mount school in Rawtenstall some 7 miles away.  Are they somehow linked, and is it possible to mistake a reference to one for the other?

[Mr. MIGKY]

There were two schools by the name of " Hollymount " but the one in Greenmount was a convent home run by nuns and had it's own shool which is still there today. the convent home was run by the sister of charity of Jesus & Mary order. The pulled down the convent home back in 1992 and built flats there , the chaple was later turned into flats also. The school still remains.
Migky

[Mr. MIGKY]

Hi folks, sorry it has taken me so long to get round to posting a few pictures for you all and i said i would do it months ago ( shame on me  )
Migky

This is the convent school back around the 1960's

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[Mr. MIGKY]

My mother would have been placed in this class/group as she was placed in Hollymount at an early age 

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This would be where my mother learn her sewing and embroidery skills. My mother would make table cloths for friends as wedding gifts, full of beautifully embroidery on very heavy cotton sheet. they would cost you a fortune these days to have made

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[canadacas]

Thanks for the fabulous pictures and commentary, MIGKY.

I am still a little confused because I'm getting the impression that Holly Mount was for girls, but I think my grandfather was there until he was around 5 years old 1897 - 1902.

Any thoughts on that? Was he wrong?

Cathy