Edward HOLLAND [1315] ²²⁷⁹

  General Notes:

Edward Holland and Maria Smith were married at Bow Brickhill. They were said to be Sojourners, this term is used to refer to Gypsies or Romany Travellers. At the 1861 Census, Edward appears to be living in Kineton, Warwickshire with a woman named Mary Ann Holland, 30 years younger than himself who is said to be his wife, however, he did not marry Mary Ann Smart until 1864.

Edward aged 52 Widower, married by Banns, Mary Ann Smart, aged 26, Spinster on 25 December 1864 at Irchester, by Banns. Edwards occupation is given as brickmaker, his father as Richard Holland Brickmaker. Mary Anne's father is given as James Smart Labourer. They were married by John Smith, Curate and witnesses to the wedding were John Holland and Sarah Holland. Edward, Mary Ann and Sarah all signed with their mark.

When Sue Holmes (England) was 16 years of age her grandfather Walter Herbert William Darlow told her that "there were gypsie Smiths in the family, they were fairground people."

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: precinct of Pretend End, Bone Hill, 1841, , Buckinghamshire, England. ²²⁸⁰ Occupation brickmaker.

2. Residence: Church End, 1851, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England. ²²⁸¹ Occupation brickmaker.

3. Occupation: brickmaker, 1857.

4. Residence: Back Lane, 1861, Kineton, Warwickshire, England. ²²⁸² Occupation brickmaker. Lodger living at these premises with his "wife" Mary Ann.

5. Residence: Paddington End, 1871, Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England. ²²⁸³ occupation brickmaker.

6. Residence: High Street, 1881, Grendon, Northamptonshire, England. ²²⁸⁴ Occupation brickmaker.

7. Residence: Place of death was Grendon, occupation given as brickmaker, 1 Jan 1883.

Edward married Maria SMITH [819] [MRIN: 8], daughter of Henry SMITH [1689] and Sarah [—?—] [1985], on 1 Feb 1830 in Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, England ^1517,1518.^,1519 (Maria SMITH [819] was born circa 1808 in Broughton, Oxfordshire, England and was christened on 28 Jun 1808 in Broughton, Oxfordshire, England ^1520,1521.)

Edward next married Mary Ann SMART [3942] [MRIN: 1843], daughter of James SMART [5847] and Sophia PARTRIDGE [5848], on 25 Dec 1864 in Irchester, Northamptonshire, England ²²⁷⁷.^,2278 (Mary Ann SMART [3942] was born in 1839 in Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England ²²⁸⁵, christened on 3 Dec 1843 in Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England ²²⁸⁶ and died in 1902 in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England ²²⁸⁶.)