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Offline MrsWheelie_1979

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Looking for David Holborow
« on: Sunday 17 January 16 10:54 GMT (UK) »
I am trying to locate anyone who might know something about David Holborow, born abt 1861 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England.
David is the son of William Wrexall (Wrexell / Wraxal and more variations) Holborow  (born abt 1826 - Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England) and Charlotte Payne (Paine) born abt 1828 - Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England).
David has the following siblings, Thomas, Elizabeth, Wrexall, Richard, James, Robert, John / Jesse, Charlotte and Annie. I know that Annie married Arthur Benjamin Langdale. Richard married Clara Coleman / Teague.
David came to Australia in 1883 on the Lochee to Sydney. On the shipping records, it says that he came out to an uncle James in Sydney. I have no surname for 'Uncle James', but believe it to be James Holborow.
In May 1896, Richard (brother to David) put a notice in the newspaper, "If this should meet the eye of David Holborow, who left Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, 1883 for Sydney, write to your brother Richard, Frederickton, McLeay (Macleay) River, where you hear of something to your advantage."
I have no other information relating to what the 'something to your advantage' might have been.
I don't know if David married, died in Australia or if he returned to England.
If anyone can shed any light on David and where he ended up, I would be happy to hear from you.

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Re: Looking for David Holborow
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 17 January 16 11:37 GMT (UK) »
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl has David Holborow regsitered sept qtr 1861 - Tetbury
so he was born 1861
also on familysearch.org
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NZG-N5D
oakes,liverpool..neston..backford..poulton cum spittal(bebington)middlewich,cheshire......   sacht,helgoland  .......merrick,herefordshire adams,shropshire...tipping..ellis..  jones,garston,liverpool..hartley.dunham massey..barker. salford

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Re: Looking for David Holborow
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 17 January 16 11:44 GMT (UK) »
this info tells us that William W Holborow was born in Dauntsey ,Wiltshire in 1825/26
so lets see if we can find a James Holborow born in Dauntsey ??
the address in this census return for William and son David is Hampton Street and William is a Farmer and Grocer ...
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXH-CVKG

ADDED - APOLOGIES - IT IS DAUNTSEY WILTSHIRE - Gloucstershire
oakes,liverpool..neston..backford..poulton cum spittal(bebington)middlewich,cheshire......   sacht,helgoland  .......merrick,herefordshire adams,shropshire...tipping..ellis..  jones,garston,liverpool..hartley.dunham massey..barker. salford

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Re: Looking for David Holborow
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 17 January 16 11:45 GMT (UK) »
Thanks garstonite. I have the information from these sites. I am trying to find out what he did in Australia. Where he lived, what his work was, if he married and where he died.
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Re: Looking for David Holborow
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 17 January 16 11:51 GMT (UK) »
William Wrexall married twice. His second wife is Sarah. I have a bit of information about David before he left England, but nothing after he arrived in Australia to meet up with an Uncle James. I am presuming it is James Holborow, only because William Wrexall has a brother James.
Fanny Curtis (step-daughter of William Wrexall) married Robert Holborow. Robert is a brother to David.  David seems to have disappeared after he arrived in 1883. So far I have been unable to connect him on electoral rolls or in / on any other official government documents.
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Re: Looking for David Holborow
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 17 January 16 13:58 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
There are 2 outward journeys for David, one says he was going to his Uncle James, the other says his destination was Camden Haven, just looked it up and it's a place in NSW.
Are you a member of Ancestry?
After that there isn't any results for him.
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Re: Looking for David Holborow
« Reply #6 on: Monday 18 January 16 02:58 GMT (UK) »
Hello Maggsie,
Thanks for the information. I did have both when I looked.
I hadn't worked out that it said Camden Haven. I wonder why there was differing information on the two documents.
I am on Ancestry.
I have found some census records, but I don't know for sure if it is 'my' David. I will keep looking. I am going to contact the Port Macquarie Historical group to see if they might have any leads.
Cheers