Thomas Henry HOLLAND [5886]

  General Notes:

children:-

Edward Holland 1893-1969
Florence Emily (Flora Holland) 1895-1923 twin
Alice Mary Holland 1895-1958 twin
John Henry Holland 1897-1899
Thomas Holland 1900-1927
Beatrice 1908-1986 (Hawkes)
John 1910-

In 1911, Thomas's wife Sarah and Florence and Alice were listed in the Northampton Work house, Wellingborough. Sarah is said to be married however I can find no trace of Thomas Snr or Thomas Jnr at this census. The census also states that there are 8 living children and none deceased. So there are 3 children missing from this list. I have found a Beatrice Holland 4 and a John Holland 1 (page 51 of 191) residents of the work house at this time, so I suspect they may be 2 more of the children

Northampton Mercury 21 April 1899 page 7
Earls Barton
Serious Allegations Against Parents
Mr William Tamalin, the Deputy Coroner, conducted an inquest at the Swan Inn, Earl's Barton, on Friday afternoon, concerning the death of a child named John Henry Holland, aged twenty months, the son of Thomas Henry Holland, who died on wednesday morning. As the doctor was unable to certify the cause of death and allegations of neglect were made against the parents, the Coroner was communicated with, - The first witness was the father, Thomas Henry Holland, a shoe finisher of Earl's Barton, who said the child was a year and eight months old. He had three children alive, one aged six years and the other two twins three years. He had been at Earl's Barton fourteen months, but had been short of work at times, earned as little as 3s., and his best week only totalled 14s. Subsequently he confessed, in reply to the Foreman, that he thought he got as much as £1 one week. - Inspetor Ward, of the Children's Society, deposed to visiting the house and finding the child in a dirty state, lying on the brick floor with it's face on the bricks. The house was filthy and devoid of food. The child weighed 14lbs, with it's clothes on, and 13lbs without. It should have weighed 23lbs. - P.C. Burrows corroborated. - Dr Hyde said the cause of death was a disease of the lungs. Clean surroundings and careful treatment might have prolonged its life. - The jury returned a verdict of "Death from natural causes" and cautioned the father as to the uncleanliness of the house. They thought there was suficient work in the village if the man liked to look for it. They also considered that great indebtedness was due to the society for the way they had looked into the case, and also to the Inspector.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: Northampton Priory Of St Andrew Aka Town Part, 1881, , Northamptonshire, England. ⁵³⁶⁷

Thomas married Sarah Elizabeth ILIFFE [12872] [MRIN: 4553], daughter of William ILIFFE [12864] and Charlotte LOWETH [12865], on 12 Jun 1893 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England.⁵³⁶⁶ (Sarah Elizabeth ILIFFE [12872] was born in 1872 and died about 1930 in , Northamptonshire, England.)