Category Archives: Holdsworth

Can these people really be my ancestors?

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

My mother’s father was a gardener at the City of London Cemetery. His father was a grave-digger and came from a long line of farm labourers. My mother’s mother was the daughter of a manual labourer, who was himself the … Continue reading →

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The Yorkshire connection

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

My 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Collins, née Gibson, married her second husband, my 5 x great grandfather Joseph Holdsworth, on 20 May 1763, at the church of St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey. After their marriage, Joseph and Elizabeth lived in … Continue reading →

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More records for Joseph Greene, goldsmith

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Freedom of the City (of London) Admission Papers, for the years 1681 – 1925, have recently become available at the Ancestry site, and I’ve just found the certificate for my 7 x great grandfather, Joseph Greene, citizen and goldsmith. Born … Continue reading →

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William George Bonner (1795 – 1863)

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

In my recent posts I’ve been revisiting the Bonner family, and specifically the children and grandchildren of Captain Michael Bonner (1733 – 1802) and Frances Gibson (1735 – 1802), the latter being the sister of my 5 x great grandmother … Continue reading →

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Mary Ann Bonner and John Godfrey Schwartz

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

In the last post I wrote about John Harker Bonner (born 1782), son of John William Bonner (1762 – 1817) and Sarah Ford (1759 – 1833). In this post, I want to summarise what we know about his sister, Mary … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the Bonners

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

I’ve written before about the links between my Gibson ancestors and the Bonner family. My recent discovery of the marriage between John Godfrey Schwartz and Mary Ann Bonner has renewed my interest in the Bonners, and in the next couple … Continue reading →

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Is this the daughter of John and Elizabeth Collins?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

I’ve been trying to discover what became of my 5 x great grandmother Elizabeth Gibson, after her first marriage to John Collins in 1753 and before her second marriage to Joseph Holdsworth ten years later. Until now, we’ve had no … Continue reading →

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My ancestors’ house

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Recently I discovered that my 6 x great grandparents, John and Mary Gibson, were given the house and estate of Woodredon, at Waltham Abbey in Essex, by Mary’s mother, Mary Greene, widow of London goldsmith Joseph Greene. Joseph died in … Continue reading →

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The inheritance of John Collins

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

My 5 x great grandmother, Elizabeth Gibson (1733 – 1809), was married twice. I trace my descent, on my mother’s side of the family, from Elizabeth’s second marriage, in 1763, to South Weald farmer Joseph Holdsworth (1735 – 1795). Her … Continue reading →

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What can we learn from the will of Mary Catherine Gibson?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

My last post included a transcription of the will of Mary Catherine Gibson (1781 – 1826), widow of Bowes John Gibson (1744 – 1817). What can we learn from this will about the lives of the Gibson family in the … Continue reading →

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