Children of David Francis Holland and Rhoda Julia Cooper late 1800s COMPLETED

[Kiwihunter]

Information I have so far (mostly thanks to RCers)

David Francis Holland                                 married                   Rhoda Julia Cooper
b 1875                                                                                    b 3 Feb 1882         
Preston, Lancashire, England                                                Wellington, New Zealand
very probably a very good musician                                         d  1969
came out to NZ when very young possibly                               daughter of
on the "Lady Jocelyn" landing in Lytelton in Dec 1879               Thornhill Cooper and Jane Rittson Lidbetter 

son of                                                                   
Wilfred Holland  lancashire 1848         married 1872     Elizabeth Foy(??)   1849

David and Rhoda had 12 children that I know of.  The boys were stunning musicians

They included

Fredrick David Holland  1907   Drums/Banjo
Stan                                       Trombone  ?
Laurence 1910                        Sax and Violin  ?
Bernard 1914                          Violin   ?
Philip 1915                              Trombone    ?

I would like to find out more information about what inspired the Holland boys into musicianship

[Canterburynorth]

Hi Kiwihunter,

I don't think the passenger list for the Lady Jocelyn is online for 1875, the Archives offices should have the passenger list and maybe the big libraries, you could check it for Davids parents names. Have you checked Free BMD

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

[Kiwihunter]

I couldn't find a passenger list either.   Have searched on BMD and have found

David Francis Holland died 1879 age 60 in Stoke Damerel, Devon.  Possibly a lead?  He is like 70 years before my guy...

[Canterburynorth]

Hi again,

Any lead is worth checking out

There is this link for Lancashire online parish records

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_studies/462/family_history_in_manchester/6

[Kiwihunter]

uhhhhh ohhhhh, there are like 450 million billion Holland records!

[Janette]

On FamilySearch ,there is a christening for
 
Name: David Holland  20 Sep 1871
 
Holy Trinity, Prestolee, Lancashire, England
 
Father's Name: John Holland
Mother's Name: Ellen
 principle address St. Paul, Heaton Moor, Cheshire, England


http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#

Cheers Janette

[Kiwihunter]

Hi Janette, I don't know how this one will pan out, there are so many Holland records.  I think that it would be better for me to go straight for the archive passenger list.

[Kiwihunter]

there is seems to be no Wilfred holland  married to a Foy so that is a dead end.

[Kiwihunter]

OH NO! there are like 20 places called Preston in the UK.... that tears it.  Will forget these two until I get another lead.  Will get on the phone.