Thank you to Gene Holdsworth for sending me this information!
VERY Extended Holdsworth Family Reunion:
Gene Holdsworth has sent the information for this year's very "extended" Holdsworth Family Reunion!!! Here's the information:
There is a Holdsworth reunion scheduled for this coming summer at the YMCA Camp of the Rockies adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park above Estes Park, Colorado -- July 15-18. The facilities are superb (hotel-like accommodations with excellent cafeteria-style food service, plus almost every activity imaginable for all age levels (from activities for pre-schoolers on up to climbing to the crest of Long's Peak for the most seasoned and determined of hikers). As you can tell from our enthusiasm for "hotel-like with food services" opportunities, we are not camping in the rough types!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Holdsworth Land
So--here's what we know about the Holdsworth land connection--to the 1600 and 1700's in England.
The Holdsworth land was in Yorkshire England---relatively close to Halifax, ThAshday or Astley—Holdsworth House is somewhere near Ashday—close to Halifax.
There were 2 branches of the family—Northoram and Southoram branches—small communities not too far from each other—but were separate entities. Ours (my family) was possibly the Southoram section.
There was and associated with the Holdsworth House.
Word “worth” is an anglo-saxon word for an enclosed piece of land with a hedge or fence around it. Entimology—put Hold in front of Worth=
A Holdsworth lived on the property for hundreds of years—we do not know the year when the son named William got into debt and had to sell the property---but likely 2 generations before Thomas Holdsworth and Nancy Bibby (Thomas was born in 1788). So maybe around 1700 when the property was sold.
It may be likely that he sold it to his brother in law-but we're really not sure. We do know that the land went out of the Holdsworth name at that point.
We’re related to Thomas, P. Holdsworth (who is a relative we've been in contact with in England for years) is related to Thomas—Thomas married Nancy Bibby—and they had a number of children. Their oldest child was Thomas—Peter is descended from Thomas. We are descended from Jonas.
Thomas of 1788—that is our hole. He was listed as Jonas Holdsworth—his father was supposedly another Thomas—the brother of William—but it’s murky because Thomas is listed as marrying the same woman as William. Because William sold the property they are then not tied to the Hallifax area anymore—and within 2 generations (Thomas of 1788) lived in Leeds. **This is where we need help--where we need to know from the point the land was sold to Thomas of 1788 what happened to the family--and then we need more information of the 1788 Thomas and/or Jonas Holdsworth. Who was he really married to? Who were his siblings? Where did they go?
Thomas (1788) and William likely had a sister (also brother named John—sister named Pheobe, Mary, and Frances)—as the property may have been sold to a sister-in-law—but we only have very murky information of the generation after this Thomas and William—and are unsure of where their other siblings may have ended up. Thomas was a curat—an “assistant vicar”—curat’s did not always marry (couldn’t always afford it)—supposedly married Peggy Wilson—but other records show William marrying her—so confusion there.
This is what we do know of the later Thomas and Nancy Bibby and their children:
Thomas and Nancy Bibby—children=
Martha came to the US
James was oldest son—came to US—his family settled in Michigan
Hannah—
Jonas—joined LDS Church and came to UT
Thomas—Peter’s ancestor--stayed in Leeds, England
Mary—
Nancy—also came to US
Thomas who married Nancy Bibby—we also don't have a full listing of this Thomas's siblings. We would love more information on this Thomas's siblings as well!
So--if you have more information on Thomas and William Holdsworth from around 1788, please leave a comment--we'd love more information!
The Holdsworth land was in Yorkshire England---relatively close to Halifax, ThAshday or Astley—Holdsworth House is somewhere near Ashday—close to Halifax.
There were 2 branches of the family—Northoram and Southoram branches—small communities not too far from each other—but were separate entities. Ours (my family) was possibly the Southoram section.
There was and associated with the Holdsworth House.
Word “worth” is an anglo-saxon word for an enclosed piece of land with a hedge or fence around it. Entimology—put Hold in front of Worth=
A Holdsworth lived on the property for hundreds of years—we do not know the year when the son named William got into debt and had to sell the property---but likely 2 generations before Thomas Holdsworth and Nancy Bibby (Thomas was born in 1788). So maybe around 1700 when the property was sold.
It may be likely that he sold it to his brother in law-but we're really not sure. We do know that the land went out of the Holdsworth name at that point.
We’re related to Thomas, P. Holdsworth (who is a relative we've been in contact with in England for years) is related to Thomas—Thomas married Nancy Bibby—and they had a number of children. Their oldest child was Thomas—Peter is descended from Thomas. We are descended from Jonas.
Thomas of 1788—that is our hole. He was listed as Jonas Holdsworth—his father was supposedly another Thomas—the brother of William—but it’s murky because Thomas is listed as marrying the same woman as William. Because William sold the property they are then not tied to the Hallifax area anymore—and within 2 generations (Thomas of 1788) lived in Leeds. **This is where we need help--where we need to know from the point the land was sold to Thomas of 1788 what happened to the family--and then we need more information of the 1788 Thomas and/or Jonas Holdsworth. Who was he really married to? Who were his siblings? Where did they go?
Thomas (1788) and William likely had a sister (also brother named John—sister named Pheobe, Mary, and Frances)—as the property may have been sold to a sister-in-law—but we only have very murky information of the generation after this Thomas and William—and are unsure of where their other siblings may have ended up. Thomas was a curat—an “assistant vicar”—curat’s did not always marry (couldn’t always afford it)—supposedly married Peggy Wilson—but other records show William marrying her—so confusion there.
This is what we do know of the later Thomas and Nancy Bibby and their children:
Thomas and Nancy Bibby—children=
Martha came to the US
James was oldest son—came to US—his family settled in Michigan
Hannah—
Jonas—joined LDS Church and came to UT
Thomas—Peter’s ancestor--stayed in Leeds, England
Mary—
Nancy—also came to US
Thomas who married Nancy Bibby—we also don't have a full listing of this Thomas's siblings. We would love more information on this Thomas's siblings as well!
So--if you have more information on Thomas and William Holdsworth from around 1788, please leave a comment--we'd love more information!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
P.S.
If you visit, and are related or are a Holdsworth in anyway--PLEASE leave a comment so we can connect with you!!!
Thanks!
Thanks!
Shocked and Amazed??!!!
Yes--you should be shocked and amazed!!! I am still alive--but life has included moves, new job, and the adventure has not ended anywhere close there!
So--sorry to not have updated--and I wish I could say more will be added soon!
BUT--I know at least some great people have found this website--so please, if you are a Holdsworth--and have any further information for us on Holdsworth ancestry--we'd LOVE to hear about it!!!
BUT--a wonderful Holdsworth has sent me the information about the "Very" Extended Holdsworth Family Reunion in Colorado this Summer!!!
Here is the information!!
Guess what? G. Holdsworth has sent me the information for this year's very "extended" Holdsworth Family Reunion!!! Here's the information:
There is a Holdsworth reunion scheduled for this coming summer at the YMCA Camp of the Rockies adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park above Estes Park, Colorado -- July 15-18. The facilities are superb (hotel-like accommodations with excellent cafeteria-style food service, plus almost every activity imaginable for all age levels (from activities for pre-schoolers on up to climbing to the crest of Long's Peak for the most seasoned and determined of hikers). As you can tell from our enthusiasm for "hotel-like with food services" opportunities, we are not camping in the rough types!
I'll try to get more information about activities and such as well!
So--hopefully more connections can be made through this reunion too!
So--sorry to not have updated--and I wish I could say more will be added soon!
BUT--I know at least some great people have found this website--so please, if you are a Holdsworth--and have any further information for us on Holdsworth ancestry--we'd LOVE to hear about it!!!
BUT--a wonderful Holdsworth has sent me the information about the "Very" Extended Holdsworth Family Reunion in Colorado this Summer!!!
Here is the information!!
Guess what? G. Holdsworth has sent me the information for this year's very "extended" Holdsworth Family Reunion!!! Here's the information:
There is a Holdsworth reunion scheduled for this coming summer at the YMCA Camp of the Rockies adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park above Estes Park, Colorado -- July 15-18. The facilities are superb (hotel-like accommodations with excellent cafeteria-style food service, plus almost every activity imaginable for all age levels (from activities for pre-schoolers on up to climbing to the crest of Long's Peak for the most seasoned and determined of hikers). As you can tell from our enthusiasm for "hotel-like with food services" opportunities, we are not camping in the rough types!
I'll try to get more information about activities and such as well!
So--hopefully more connections can be made through this reunion too!
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