Am trying to find the birth of George HOLT and his parents.
George HOLT b abt 1826 Thurlaston is my gggf. He was a gardener/seedsman and then butcher. He married Elizabeth CARTER in 1846 and on his marriage certificate he names his father as John, a labourer. George died in Market Harborough in 1885.
I found George in 1841 as a carpet factory boy aged 15 living with a John Coleman 37 labourer, his wife Elizabeth 33 and 4 children. The wife is in fact Elizabeth HOLT, George's big sister. HO107/589/30/17. I investigated John Coleman a bit more and found he first married Elizabeth's sister, Sarah!!
Elizabeth b1805 and Sarah b1807 were 2 of the 10 children I believe born to Thomas HOLT and Hannah, all at Thurlaston.
I cannot find a marriage for Thomas to a Hannah but did find a marriage to Ann ROWLSON 20 Dec 1801 in Earls Shilton, just close to Thurlaston. There is a possible child Thomas of this marriage, bap 18 Jul 1802 Earl Shilton.
There's a death of a wife, Ann Holt, wife of Thomas, on the Leics burials for Barwell. Aged 22, 11 Feb 1817. Probably died in childbirth?
So was this Ann Rowlson? And who was Hannah? Were they the same. Did Thomas marry twice?
There is a possible death for a Thomas HOLT 23 Nov 1837 Thurlaston aged 66, again from the Leics burials, but this death does not show up on FreeBMD. I guess the system was just so new, some folk maybe didn't register BMDs as they should have done? The age at death gives an approximate DOB for Thomas of 1771.
Is anyone connected with any of these people? I understand the Thurlaston registers were destroyed or are missing or something. I would be so grateful if anyone could shed any light on this puzzle. Thank you.
Suzie (from Orkney)
