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| Name: | John HOLLIOAKE |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Abraham HOLLIOAKE (1818-1888) |
| Mother: | Isabella WILLIAMS (1817-1896) |
| Birth | 11 Nov 1848 | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| 64 Meriden St., St.Martin | ||
| Baptism | 12 Mar 1849 (age 0) | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| St Martin | ||
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 2) | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| 64 Meriden St John HOLYOAKE 2 from Birmingham was with parents. |
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| Census | 7 Apr 1861 (age 12) | St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| 64 Meriden St. John HOLYOAKE 12 a Scholar from B'ham was with parents. |
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| Census | 2 Apr 1871 (age 23) | Bordesley, Warwickshire |
| 13ct 4H Darwin St. John HOLYOAKE 23 a Filemaker from Birmingham was the only one on the schedule. Also at the same address but on the following schedules were Henry THOMAS 18 a lodger gasfitter on the next then James WHITMARSH 34 a Safe maker was head with wife Sarah 39 and daughter Sarah Ann 8 were on the one after. |
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| Occupation | 2 Apr 1871 (age 22) | file maker |
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 (age 32) | Aston, Warwickshire |
| 8bk78 Lombard St., Aston, Deritend John HOLLIOAKE 32, was a file cutter from Birmingham with his wife Sarah and children Louisa, Caroline, Alice and John. |
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| Occupation | 3 Apr 1881 (age 32) | file cutter |
| Census | 5 Apr 1891 (age 44) | Aston, Warwickshire |
| 2bk52 Lombard St. John HOLYOAK 44 a widower employed Porters factor from Birmingham with his son John from his marriage with Sarah TAYLOR and Albert his son with Elizabeth JOHNSON. They were lodging with Elizabeth and her two sons Alfred and Benjamin. Lombard Street adjoins Rowton House where Albert told tales of spending days sitting on the pavement talking to the homeless men there. It was the road where he said he lived. |
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| Occupation | 5 Apr 1891 (age 42) | porters factor |
| Census | 31 Mar 1901 (age 53) | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| 115 Digbeth, St Martin John HOLYOAKE 53 a File Cutter Worker from Birmingham was down as a servant to Harry CHECKETTS, a Public House Manager. |
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| Occupation | 31 Mar 1901 (age 52) | file cutter |
| Census | 2 Apr 1911 (age 64) | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| 1 House No 1 Court Cheapside | ||
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1911 (age 64) | porter in market |
| Death | 31 May 1913 (age 66) | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| Cause: Aort`ic Disease and Bronchitis Syncope Address: 1 Court 1 Cheapside Florence Davies was the informant in attendance. Her relationship was gven as daughter but we have failed to find a connection other than her being head of the household he was with in 1911. She had taken over the tenancy of the house 2 years previously. |
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| Burial | 4 Jun 1913 | Witton, Birmingham |
| Witton Cemetry He was buried in a pauper's grave which was unmarked and reused. |
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| Spouse | Sarah Ann TAYLOR (1846?-1883) | |
| Children | Louisa TAYLOR (1870- ) | |
| Caroline HOLLIOAKE (1872- ) | ||
| Alice HOLLIOAKE (1876- ) | ||
| John Abraham HOLLIOAKE (1878- ) | ||
| Marriage | 11 Jan 1875 (age 26) | Birmingham, Warwickshire |
| St Andrew's Church in the new Parish of St Andrew's Bordesley | ||
| Spouse | Elizabeth Skellet MELLOR (1850-1899) | |
| Children | Albert Allman HOLLIOAKE (1887-1973) | |
| Violet HOLLIOAKE (1891- ) | ||
| Status | Unmarried Couple | |
| Marriage | 1886 (est) (age 37-38) | |
| The marriage has not been found and probably never happened. She appeared to be married from the birth certificate of Albert in 1887 but the 1891 census return shows John HOLYOAK as a lodger with Elizabeth JOHNSON. Elizabeth JOHNSON was on her death certificate which gave her as widow of Alfred JOHNSON. | ||