Thomas Holloway was the son of Benjamin Holloway and Mary Ann. Mary Ann is a bit of a mystery and I am going to do a separate post to ask for further info!
On the marriage certificate 2 Sep 1850 at St Mary's Church, Paddington she is shown as Mary Ann Warrington daughter of Thomas Warrington, ropemaker. She is shown as a spinster and as a minor, i.e under 21. Abode, the same as Benjamin is North Wharf Road. She makes her mark so presumably cannot read or write.
On the birth certificates of the various children her maiden name is shown as both Waddington and Warrington and her date changes on the various census
1851 age 22 born Marylebone, London
1861 age 30 born Marylebone, London
1871 age 41 born Marylebone, London
1881 age 55 born Marylebone, London
I am not sure I have found her in 1891 and have not with any certainty found a death. There are rather a lot of Mary Ann Holloways!
This could be her in 1891
Name Mary A Holloway
Age 66
Head
Birth Place Walworth
Civil parish St Mary
Residence Place Rotherhithe, St Mary, London, England
Piece 387
Folio 144
Household members
Name Age
Mary A Holloway 66
Emma Holloway 18 daughter born Walworth
Thomas Holloway 15 son born Walworth
This could be her death
Mary Ann Holloway
Birth Year 1827
Admission Date 28 Jan 1880
Age 53
Hospital Brookwood Asylum
Hospital Place Woking, Surrey, England
Place of Abode 5 Marigold Street, Bermondsey
However, I am not convinced.
The witnesses to the marriage are William Maddox and Joanna Sullivan who both make their mark.
I have been unable to link the witnesses to the Holloway family but this could be Joanna in the 1851 census
Johanna Sullivan
Age: 20
Relation: Visitor
Where born: Nk, Middlesex, England
Occupation: dressmaker
38 Foley Street, Marylebone
Household Schedule Number: 140
Piece: 1486
Folio: 461
Page Number: 27
Household Members:
Caroline Walton age 30 - lodging house keeper born Surrey
Thomas Twigg 51
Caroline Twigg 13
Thomas Twigg 4 6 Mo
Margarett Reid 44
Margaret Magloughlin 30
Johanna Sullivan 20
Mary Ann Sullivan 18
1841 Grays Buildings, Marylebone, which I think may have been a workhouse
Johanna Sullivan age 10 born out of county
or
1841 Edwards Place Marylebone
Johanna Sullivan age 12 born Ireland with parents and various siblings.
1861 36 Upper William Street, Marylebone
Johanna Sullivan unmarried charwoman
Age 32
Relation Sister of Kate Sullivan age 39 and unmarried charwoman who does not appear on the 1841 census and has a son James age 3
Where born Cork, Ireland
Household schedule number 277
Piece 88
Folio 63
Page number 42
I have found a possible baptism
Mary Ann Warrington
Baptism Date 9 Dec 1816
Baptism Place St Leonard's, Shoreditch, Hackney, England
Father Thomas Warrington a coachman
Mother Sarah Warrington
Abode shown as Providence Row but I am not convinced this is the right one, I cannot find one in Marylebone with a father Thomas who is a ropemaker.
