HALES OWENROOTS
The Holloways of Halesowen
John
Holloway , born in Hales Owen circa 1753, married Phoebe Danford at Clent on
19th June 1781. A transcript
of St Johns Parish records states that John died on February 24th 1818 at the age
of 65 years. Phoebe was buried at St Johns on 10th August 1835 aged 81 years
John
and Phoebe had five children:
Phoebe
baptized 12th January 1783 at Hales Owen;
William
baptized 18th September 1785 at Hales Owen;
John
born 11th July 1790 at Hales Owen;
Mary
born 30th June 1793 at Hales Owen;
Nancy
baptized 1st November 1797 at Hales Owen.
Phoebe,
born circa 1783, never married and was buried at St John Hales Owen on 15th October 1828 age 44
years.
William
was buried at Hales Owen on 22nd September 1821 aged 36 years.
John
Holloway, the second, married Elizabeth . They had
at least seven children: Elizabeth was born about 1795 in
HalesOwen
Eliza born in 1818
Ann
born in 1822
and baptized 21st July 1822 at Hales Owen;
Mary
born in 1824 at Lutley and baptized 14th November 1824 at Hales Owen;
Jane
born in 1824 at Hayley Green and baptized 13th April 1828 at Hales Owen;
Phoebe
born in 1831 at Hayley Green and baptized 13th March 1831 at Hales Owen
Hannah
born in 1832 at Lutley and baptized 23rd September at Hales Owen;
The 1841 census records John aged 50 and Elizabeth aged 45 living near the Quarry with Eliza aged 22 , Ann aged 19, Phoebe aged 11, Hannah aged 9 and Elizabeth aged 1 month.
In
the 1851 census John Holloway, a nailer, aged 60, was living at Hayley Green
with his unmarried daughters Phoebe, age 20 and Hannah, age 18.
Living
next door with the Webb family was the widow Elizabeth Holloway, age 76, a
pauper and former nailer, born at Lutley, an unmarried nailer named Hannah
Holloway, age 28 born at Chaddesley Corbett and a James Holloway, age 4,
described as a lodger, who was born at Lutley. No connection has yet been made.
Mary
Holloway (mispelt Howley )was living at the house of James Male in 1851 employed
as his servant.
John
Holloway died and was buried in St John's Churchyard on April !st 1855
aged 64. However, Phoebe, Hannah and Mary were living in three adjacent
houses in Hagley Road in the 1861 census.
At
37 Hagley Road, Mary, age 35, lived with her husband James Male, age 36.
At number 39 lived unmarried Hannah, age 29, with her three children,
John Edwin, age 7, Eliza, age 4, and James age 1. In between at number 38 Hagley
Road lived Phoebe, age 30.