GRAY and HOLDERNESS of Sleaford

[greenman]

My great-great-grandmother, Ellen Gray was born in Sleaford in , one of the many children of Thomas Gray and Mary (Marfleet). Thomas was a tailor, with premises in East Street, next to the Wagon and Horses public house.
Ellen married Marmaduke Stephenson Hebb of North Frodingham, and they moved south to London.
Ellen's sister Amy married a coal porter from Ewerby: Luke Holderness (b.1845). They lived in Sleaford.
Does anyone have any information about the Holderness family ? I know that one of Luke and Amy's children, Luke Edmund, died in the Great War, in 1916. His name is on the town's war memorial. I'd like to follow the Holdernesses back as far as possible.
Many thanks!

[Pughy]

HI greenman
Here are the Holderness on the 1851 Census
                         
                      Luke Holderness Head age 53   Born Swaton Linc.
                      Ann          "          Wife  age 45   Born Ewerby
                     Fanny       "           Dau  age 12       "         "
                      Jane        "           Dau  age 9         "         "
                    Emma        "          Dau   age 8         "         "
                    Luke          "           Son  age 6         "         "
          HO107   2101   Folio 151  Page 1
    Regards Pughy

[Pughy]

HI greenman
Here they are in 1841

              Luke Holderness age 40
               Ann           "       age 35
             Thomas      "        age 9
             Mathew      "        age 7
             Mary           "        age 5
             Ann            "        age 4
          Fanny           "         age 2
          Jane             "         age 14 Days

        HO 107   618  Folio 3  Page 1
Regards
Pughy

[Geoff-E]

Luke's marriage in 1828 http://freereg.rootsweb.com/cgi/SearchResults.pl?RecordType=Marriages&RecordID=1271006

[Pughy]

HI greenman
There are a Number of people on Ancestry who have Holderness in their trees.Info from one of them
gives the following from a tree open to the public
                                    Luke Holderness born 1798
         FATHER  Mathew Holderness born 20th Dec Horbling Lincolnshire died not known
         MOTHER Ann Wilcock  born 31st Oct 1762 Aunsby Lincolnshire died 20th May 1854
This is a tree open to the public but there are others which are private which you would have to make contact to exchange info, hope this is a help
Regards
Pughy

[Geoff-E]

HI greenman
There are a Number of people on Ancestry who have Holderness in their trees.Info from one of them
gives the following from a tree open to the public
                                    Luke Holderness born 1798
         FATHER  Mathew Holderness born 20th Dec Horbling Lincolnshire died not known
         MOTHER Ann Wilcock  born 31st Oct 1762 Aunsby Lincolnshire died 20th May 1854
This is a tree open to the public but there are others which are private which you would have to make contact to exchange info, hope this is a help
Regards
Pughy

Yes, I would have suspected they were Luke's parents as they had 4 kids bap at Swaton in the 1790s.

Matthew was buried at Billingborough 10 Feb 1836 aged 72.
Ann (89 and Blind) was at daughter Ann BELLEMY's in 1851.  Ancestry have chosen to put her in the next household  Old Ann was said to have been born in Great Gonerby in that record.  She was buried 24 May 1854 in Osbournby aged 92+.
Matt and Ann married 1786 at Walcot by Folkingham.

[Pughy]

HI greenman
A bit more info from another public tree
               Mathew Holderness  FATHER Richard Holderness born 13th Mar 1739 Horbling Linc
           Marriage to ANN   1757  in Bilingborough Linc.
 Regards
Pughy

[greenman]

This is superb! Thank you all very much.
Cheers -
Francis

[Geoff-E]

HI greenman
A bit more info from another public tree
               Mathew Holderness  FATHER Richard Holderness born 13th Mar 1739 Horbling Linc
           Marriage to ANN   1757  in Bilingborough Linc.
 Regards
Pughy

Pughy tells me he found this info "on a public tree" ... my marriage index has the 1757 Billingborough marriage as Richard HOLDERNESS to Frances BUCKBERRY.