What trouble this lot were! It all began with hours of fruitless searching for a Frank Holt who was married to Elizabeth. What I didn't know then was that Frank was really called James Joseph and Elizabeth was Margaret. It's always a good idead to look for aliases and variants when dealing with census.
JOSEPH HOLT
Birth: 4th October 1820, christened 19th November 1820 St. Thomas, Ashton in Makerfield.
Parents: James and Alice Holt, farmer in Ashton In Makerfield.
Married: Mary ......
Occupations: Wheelwright in 1861, joiner in 1881.
Siblings:
Betty Holt (first child) born 29th December 1812, christened 17th January 1813 Ashton in Makerfield.
Ellen Holt born 16th November 1815, christened 10th December 1815. Died 27 February 1841, Consumption.
William Holt born 26th September 1818, christened 25th October 1818.
Alice Holt born 18th May 1824, christened 19th December 1824.
Children:
Margaret A. Holt born 25th February 1855 Haydock, christened 12th March 1855 Ashton in Makerfield.
Francis (or James Joseph) Holt born 1857 Haydock.
Mary E. Holt born 1860 Newton in Makerfield.
Male Holt, married Mary Jane Pennington.
FRANK (AKA: FRANCIS AND JAMES JOSEPH) HOLT
Address: 139 Wargrave Road, Newton Le Willows (photo below)
Birth:1857 Haydock.
Parents: Joseph and Mary Holt.
Married: Margaret Elizabeth Leech. Click here to go to my Leech family
Occupations: Engine Fitter 1881 (Mechanic in trade directory) and Cycle Maker in 1901.
Siblings:
Margaret A. Holt born 1855, Mary E. Holt born 1860, Male Holt ?
Children:
Marion Holt christened 10th May 1881 Tranmere, Cheshire.
Evelyn Holt born 1891 Newton In Makerfield. Married Nathan Stanley Slinn 1907 Birkenhead.Click here to go to my Slinn family
Click here to go to Steven Dowd's brilliant site on Newton Le Willows