John HOLDAWAY

1804 - 1888  (84 years)

• Name	John HOLDAWAY
  Birth	14 Mar 1804	Bentworth, Hampshire, England
  Christening	25 Mar 1804
  Gender	Male
  _UID	01B2C04307274201A483F1FB55BFA6584C7A
  Death	2 Sep 1888	Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand
  Burial	Richmond Cemetery, New Zealand
  Person ID	I171	Boxers
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Edward HOLDAWAY,   b. Abt 1759   d. 25 Feb 1842, Bentworth, Hampshire, England (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary BAKER,   b. 27 May 1759, Lasham, Hampshire, England d. 17 Sep 1845, Bentworth, Hampshire, England (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	27 Apr 1788	Holybourne Church, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary NORGATE,   b. Abt 1811, Bentworth, Hampshire, England d. 9 May 1842, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1829	Bentworth, Hampshire, England
  Children	1. William HOLDAWAY,   b. 1 Jul 1829, Bentworth, Hampshire, England d. 4 May 1897, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 67 years)   2. Emma HOLDAWAY,   b. 15 Apr 1832, Lasham, Hampshire, England d. 17 Sep 1913, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 81 years)   3. George HOLDAWAY,   b. 8 Apr 1834, Lasham, Hampshire, England d. 17 Oct 1918, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand (Age 84 years)   4. James HOLDAWAY,   b. 9 Oct 1836, Lasham, Hampshire, England d. 7 Sep 1910, Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand (Age 73 years)   5. Baby HOLDAWAY,   b. 1841, On Ship 'Mary Ann' d. 1841, On Ship 'Mary Ann' (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Amelia EYLES,   b. 14 Sep 1816, East Meon, Hampshire, England d. 1 Jul 1889, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	7 Aug 1842	Church Of England, Nelson, New Zealand
  Children	1. Ann HOLDAWAY,   b. 20 Aug 1843, Maitai, Nelson, New Zealand d. Feb 1856, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 12 years)   2. Charles HOLDAWAY,   b. 4 Oct 1844, Maitai, Nelson, New Zealand d. 11 Feb 1927, Honikiwi, Near Otorohanga, Budden Home, Nz (Age 82 years)   3. Edwin HOLDAWAY,   b. 6 Dec 1845, Maitai, Nelson, New Zealand d. 2 Jan 1923, Motueka, New Zealand (Age 77 years)   4. Ellen HOLDAWAY,   b. 16 Aug 1847, Maitai, Nelson, New Zealand d. 16 Apr 1893, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 45 years)   5. Sarah HOLDAWAY,   b. 21 May 1849, Maitai, Nelson, New Zealand d. 25 Jan 1905, Waikumete, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 55 years)   6. Henry Oscar HOLDAWAY,   b. 13 Feb 1851, Maitai, Nelson, New Zealand d. 9 Jun 1928, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 77 years)   7. Thomas HOLDAWAY,   b. 20 Aug 1853, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand d. 8 Jul 1909, Marton, Rangitikei, New Zealand (Age 55 years)   8. Albert Daniel HOLDAWAY,   b. 26 Jun 1855, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand d. 23 Feb 1861, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 5 years)   9. Phoebe Marinda HOLDAWAY,   b. 17 Dec 1857, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand d. 27 Jul 1938, Waitara, New Zealand (Age 80 years)   10. Ada Amelia HOLDAWAY,   b. 11 Aug 1859, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand d. 25 Feb 1861, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand (Age 1 year)   11. Albert Arthur Ernest HOLDAWAY,   b. 14 Sep 1863, Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand d. 18 Sep 1913, Bethesda Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2006

  
  

• Notes

  Bentworth and Lasham are small Hampshire villages about three miles apart and some three miles from Alton, the nearest big centre. The life was harsh and people died of malnutrition in this area. Riots also broke out against the harsh social conditions. There seems little doubt that John Holdaway, an agricultural labourer in Lasham, was motivated to leave Hampshire by the propsect of a better life in far away New Zealand. John and Mary lived at Pepper Box Cottage, Lasham, Hampshire before they left England. In some papers of the New Zealand Company held in London, on a document, the notation is included for the Holdaway, Eyles and Cresswell families: "Will all go together or not at all". John Holdaway and Thomas Cresswell left England on 27 April 1841 on the 'Whitby', leaving their wives and families behind. After his wife Mary died, he was left with 4 young children. He asked the newly widowed Amelia Cresswell to be his housekeeper, which she refused. Soon asfter he asked Amelia to marry him and she consented.