John Houlston appears on the 1841 census as one of five (presumably single) young men all Ag labs living at the Birmingham Botanical garden in Edgbaston. His age is given as 25 (rounded) and he is not bic.
He is a witness to the will of David Cameron curator of the BBG and when he is granted probate he is described as of Royal Botanic Garden Kew.
In 1851, John Houlston (birth year abt 1813), wife Elizabeth and two sons William 2 and Alfred 4 months are living in Kew. John's occupation is gardener and his pob is Leamington (?), Staffordshire. So that all matches up. The two sons birth regs on GRO have Taylor as mmn.
There is a marriage in Birmingham on 3 Oct 1847 between John Houlston gardener, (bac, full age) s/o William Houlston, farmer and Elizabeth Taylor (sp, full age) d/o Joseph Taylor, farmer. Witnesses, William Houlston and Jane Taylor. Abode of both bride and groom is Edgbaston Street.
Can anyone find John, Elizabeth and children in 1861, 1871 or 1881.
I have him in 1891 in St Georges Hanover Square with adult children Horace and Beatrice, although he is now an innkeeper, and pob is different, the two new children also have mmn Taylor, so I think it must be the same person
