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THE HOLLOW LOG Issue 30/31, June 2006/ September 2006 The Hollow Family Researchers‟ Newsletter ISSN 1445-8772

INSIDE THIS ISS UE

2006- a Year to Remember The first half of 2006 contained the full cycle of life for our family and with it deep sorrow and great joy and happiness.

Pages 1 &4

Hollow Spotting Spottings from Detroit, Cornwall (many) and Melbourne are included this issue.

Page 2

1875 Penzance to Timaru – 2005 Kerikeri to Penzance Keith Hollow documents the visit to Cornwall of Trevor and Avis Hollow whose ancestors left in 1875 for New Zealand. Keith and wife Andra have welcomed many Hollows on similar pilgrimages, including my wife Joy and I in 2002.

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The Parishes of Pendeen and Morvah The parish of Pendeen was established from the parish of St Just in Penwith. St Just featured in the last Log. Morvah is a small parish close to Pendeen. If you are seeking relatives in this area it would be wise to look at the parish records of each.

Keith‟s article mentions a miner Richard Oates who, with his partner, John Deason, discovered the World‟s largest gold nugget at Moliagul in Victoria Australia. By strange coincidence my parents lived close to Moliagul and I have been out to where Oates and Deason found the nugget. It resembles a ploughed field; so many people have searched the area hoping to find another nugget or two. The original nugget was called The Welcome Stranger.

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2006- a Year to Remember

My family have experienced all of life‟s emotions during 2006. Our year started sadly

when the family patriarch, Robert Keith (Bob) Hollow, passed away on January 24th.

March 4th saw the family together celebrating the wedding of Bob‟s grandson

Christopher to Michelle Wilcocks at St Mary‟s Church, East St Kilda.

The birth of Griffin Joy Lowery to Bob‟s granddaughter Joanna and partner Ryan on May

10th completed the cycle.

The hamlet of Trowan, St Ives.

Photographs courtesy of Mango Homes www.mangohomes.co.uk

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Hollow Spotting

Lebanese connection

Lindsay Dally alerted me to the obituaries website on

Rootsweb. It holds an entry that indicates a Hollow family of

Lebanese background in America. The first I tracked down

was:-

Anis Sheckry Hollow, born in Adour, Lebanon on

Jun. 6, 1920, departed

on Oct. 2, 2004 and

resided in Royal

Oak, MI.

Anis Sheckry Hollow,

84, of Royal Oak

died Saturday,

October 2 at William

Beaumont Hospital,

Royal Oak. He was

born June 6, 1920 in

Lebanon and

immigrated to

Detroit with his

parents in 1922.

Mr. Hollow was the

beloved husband of

43 years to Lulu;

loving and proud

Papa of Elizabeth

Mary, Richard Sheckry and Paul Ameen (fiancée Judith

Arnold). He is preceded in death by his parents Gamalay and

Sheckry Hollow and sister Florence Burke; survived by

siblings Anthony Hollow, Rose Hilu and Eva Abdoo and

caring uncle to 16 nieces and nephews.

Mr. Hollow cherished his wife and children. He enjoyed

walking, people-watching, gardening, driving, shopping and

reading. For years he walked Woodward Avenue stopping at

the Big Boy for coffee and Kroger to buy groceries that he

carried home. Until recent months, he could be found daily in

downtown Royal Oak at his regular haunts such as Jimi‟s, RJ

Coffee Shop, Caribou Coffee, Beirut Palace and the Royal

Oak Library.

After graduating from St. Agnes High School, in Detroit, he

lived in Lebanon for 18 months where he enjoyed hunting,

horseback riding, and sightseeing among the ancient ruins. It

was this trip, a gift from his parents, which piqued his lifelong

interest in history and the arts. He returned to the United

States to begin his career dedicated to the grocery business.

Mr. Hollow left retirement at the age of 72 to work at the

Royal Oak Kroger store. For the next 10 years, he was well

known for greeting customers with “Welcome to Kroger”

and assisting with carts and groceries even in the dead of

winter.

Recently there was an obituary notice for his brother,

Anthony.

Anthony J. Hollow, born in Detroit, Michigan on

Jun. 3, 1923, departed on

Mar. 31, 2006 and resided in

Royal Oak, MI.

Anthony was a resident of

Royal Oak since 1956. He

attended the University of

Michigan for 2 years. Anthony

owned Hollow Market in

Detroit for 30 years. He also

worked at Eastern Market.

Prior to that he was sales

manager for furniture and

carpet at J.L. Hudson, Northland.

A man of many passions, Anthony loved reading, music,

photography and first and foremost, his family. He was a

football fan and enjoyed playing golf and bowling.

Husband of Evelyn. Father of Sharon Krane (Douglas),

Diane Rundell (Bill), Anthony S. (Becky) and Christine H.

Schramm (John). Also survived by 12 grandchildren. Brother

of Rose Hilu and Eva Abdoo.

The obituaries website can be found at

www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/ This is an index, you have

to track the obituary down in a newspaper or sometimes on

the funeral director‟s own website.

More from Lindsay

Lindsay also watches a Cornish site; This is Cornwall, for

Hollow references. The latest are “Family Announcements"

as from April to 16 August.

HOLLOW Richard John June 19th 2001, aged 52 years. In

loving memory of dear Dick. Much loved son of Barbara and

Freddie (deceased). Brother of Phil, Teen (deceased), Jude

and Mark. You are always in our thoughts and forever in our

hearts. Published: 19/06/2006

HOLLOW. On June 4th 2006, peacefully at Pine Trees

Residential Home, Ruby aged 86 years, formerly of Beacon,

Illogan and latterly of Veor House, Camborne. Much loved

Mum of Shirley, Dennis, Margaret and Paul, and loving Nan

to her Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. Funeral

service as Treslothan Church on Friday June 9th, at 11 a.m.

followed by interment at Troon Cemetery. Published:

07/06/2006

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The funeral of Heather Hollow (nee Jenkin) aged 74 years

formerly of Brane, Sancreed, took place at Micklegate

Methodist Church, Pontefract, Yorkshire, on Friday, May 5th

2006. John, Joy, Paul and their families would like to thank

sincerely all who sent messages of sympathy and for the

donations to Christian Aid which amounted to £920. Your

thoughts and prayers have been very much appreciated.

Published: 17/05/2006

A final spotting from Lindsay in The Adelaide Advertiser

HOLLOW, Gwenda Mary (nee Jamieson). _ Passed away

peacefully at Resthaven, Malvern on June 29, 2006. Aged 88

years. Loving wife of James (deceased). Loving mother of

Trevor, Michael, Philip and Julie and their families. Loving

nanna of twelve grandchildren and twelve great-

grandchildren. Adelaide Advertiser 30 June 2006

From Geoff Hollow

Hi I am Geoffrey William Hollow The son of Henry Calvin

Hollow B. 1926 and Marjorie Joyce Anstee I was recently

remarried to Sofie Chanoff 16/10/05 and now have added to

the Hollow Clan with the birth of our Daughter Anastasia

Hollow 20/3/06.

From

Colin Hollow

This from

the

Melbourne

Herald-Sun

of Jan 13

2006. ♠

H E L L O T H E R E

A double log again. As you probably realise, I have

struggled of late to produce four Logs a year and a

double edition helps me to get back on track. Keith

Hollow has come to the rescue this time with two

articles. Other contributors would be most welcome,

either a complete article or information that I can put

into an article. I am also on the lookout for Hollow

spottings, including births, marriages and deaths. Keep

those emails rolling in.

T H E H O L L O W W E B S I T E

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~chollow/

The database was last updated on August 23rd. It may

be worth checking your families as sometimes changes

are made because of new information. The database is

very much a work in progress and now contains over

9000 people, not all are Hollows admittedly but all are

linked in some way to a Hollow. .

O D D S P O T

I am intrigued by this Log‟s spotting of a Hollow

family in Detroit U.S.A. with Lebanese origins. We

think of Hollow as a traditional Cornish name so it

would be interesting to find out the origins of this

family. Has there been a Cornish Hollow that migrated

to Lebanon or was there a change of name due to a

Hollow connection? Of course there are many other

possibilities. Further investigation is required.

C O N T A C T

Colin Hollow edits the Hollow Log, comments and

contributions are always welcome.

Write to 11 Dorothy St. Croydon, 3136, Australia. Or

e-mail: chollow@melbpc.org.au

Hollow and variants Holla, Hollah, Hollaw and

Hollowe are registered with The Guild of One-Name

Studies.

The Guild member is Colin Hollow (Mem.No. 3056).

©No material in this newsletter should be produced

without permission.

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2006- a year to remember

Pop was seventeen days

short of his 93rd birthday

when he passed away.

Born at Rutherglen,

Victoria on February 10

1914 his own account of

his early life can be found

in Hollow Logs 12 and 13.

Our part of his life began

at the end of that story. He

was a teacher at

Neilborough East, a tiny

hamlet 18 miles North of

Bendigo in Victoria. Carrie

Judd helped her mum and

brothers run the

Neilborough hotel, the

Shamrock, and Bob came

to board there. The

relationship developed very

slowly as Bob was already

engaged and was off limits.

After what must have been

an interesting period a

courtship began

culminating in their marriage on October 18th 1941.

Bob was a gifted teacher and devoted family man. He chose

to teach in mostly small rural schools where he was the head

teacher, often the only teacher. Bob and Carrie‟s family

commenced with me in 1943 and then Carol (1948), June

(1950), Kaye (1952) and Dot (1954). After the war he taught

at Llanelly, then Gellibrand, St James, Dunolly and White

Hills. Our family life was very settled; we spent 12 years at St

James (1950-61) and another 12 years at Dunolly (1962–73).

A full account of Bob and Carrie‟s family and working life

may be a project for a later. He loved teaching and excelled at

getting the best out of his students. Equally he worked to

provide us with all we needed and encouraged and supported

all of our endeavours whether it be study, recreation or

working life.

Little Griffin Joy Lowery (right), the newest addition to our

family shows a thatch of red hair in this photo. His Mum,

Joanna, went through a similar stage at this age then it turned

fair with blonde highlights. That is until she cut it short in her

teens and lost the blonde bits. Perhaps Griffin will be our

first “ginger” or “bluey”. ♠

Colin Hollow

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1875 Penzance to Timaru –

2005 Kerikeri to Penzance Part 1

A speculative „mail-shot‟ in 2004, when searching for

descendants of my family in New Zealand, resulted in a reply

from Trevor and Avis Hollow of Kerikeri and the start of a

lasting friendship.

Although not one of the descendants I had hoped to make

contact with (but are we distant relations ? See Part 2), Trevor‟s

ancestry has been traced to West Cornwall and, after many

months of corresponding, in August 2005 my wife Andra and

I had great pleasure in having Trevor and Avis stay with us,

and the opportunity to take them to the places in Cornwall

where Trevor‟s forebears had lived.

Trevor’s Forebears

Trevor‟s great-great-great grandparents were Mark Hollow

and Grace Jelbart of St Buryan, a village 5 miles west of

Penzance.

Mark‟s baptismal entry in

the St. Buryan Parish register is as follows:-

1823 June 12th Mark Hollow Bastard Child of Mark Hollow,

Trevorrian, Labourer and Grace Jelbart, Church Town

The Parish Register entry clearly shows that the names „Mark

Hollow‟ are Christian names and that Mark‟s surname,

because he was illegitimate, should have been Jelbart.

However, Mark chose to drop Jelbart and was known and

married as Mark Hollow.

Mark senior married Elizabeth Davies at St Buryan in 1830

and with their family of five children emigrated to Australia

in 1849.

On 18 Dec 1830 Grace Jelbart married Nicholas Wright at St

Buryan and settled in Newlyn, where they raised Mark and

their own three daughters. The 1841 Census at Boase Street,

Newlyn records the following;

Mark Hollow 15

Nicholas Wright 35 Navy P

Grace Wright 40

Mary Wright 8

Sophia Wright 7

Nicholas Wright 65 Fisherman

Grace Jelbart 80 Ind

Nicholas and Grace‟s third child, Grace Wright was born at

Newlyn in 1852.

Grace Jelbart, although married at St Buryan was born in the

neighbouring parish of St Levan, and her baptism is recorded

there in the parish register on 14th December 1799, the

daughter of William and Grace Jelbart. Grace.had perhaps

lived with the hope that the father of her child would one day

marry her, but when he married Elizabeth Davies in March

1830, her hopes were finally dashed and she married Nicholas

Wright later in the same year.

Mark Hollow jnr., although the son of a Farm Labourer, was

influenced by his step-father and step-grandfather, and like

them became a mariner. He married Mary Jane Nicholls of

Penzance at the parish church in Madron on 10th May 1846.

Their three children were all born at Penzance, Mary Jane in

1846 , Elizabeth Barnes in 1847 and Henry Nicholls in 1848.

It was Henry Nicholls Hollow, Trevor‟s great-grandfather,

who in 1875 took his wife and two children to start a new life

in New Zealand. Henry Nicholls had married Louisa Jane

Hicks of St Just in

Penwith at Madron

Church on 14th January

1871 and later that year

their first child, Louisa

Nicholls Hollow, was born. Henry

Nicholl‟s work as a carpenter

took him to Falmouth and it

was there that Henry Martin

Hollow, their second child, was

born on 23rd September 1874.

The following year the family

sailed from Plymouth aboard

the S.S. Merope, a fully rigged

clipper of 1050 tons built in

1870, bound for Timaru on the

south island of New Zealand.

Trevor at Boase Street,in the

fishing village of Newlyn, home

of Mark Hollow and the

Wright family in 1841.

2003, Trevor and Avis at home in Kerikeri

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An account of that voyage that first appeared in the Lyttelton

Times on Monday 27th September 1875 is reproduced below;

Ship Merope, from Plymouth to Timaru

The Merope arrived Timaru 24 September 1875 with 264 passengers.

81 single men, 43 married couples and 31 single women and 66

children.

This fine composite vessel arrived in harbour yesterday morning, came to

an anchorage off Diamond harbour at 9.30 p.m. Her arrival at Timaru

has already been notified, and the following account of the voyage is

taken from the Timaru herald; - The ship Merope, one of Messrs Shaw,

Saville, and Co.,s line, arrived here yesterday from Plymouth, with

immigrants. The arrival of an immigration ship being such an unusual

occurrence here, the Merope attracted no little attention. She was first

seen early in the morning to the southward, but did not reach Timaru till

between two and three o’clock in the afternoon. Just before the vessel

reached the roadstead the harbour-master went aboard and brought her

to anchorage about a mile from the shore. Shortly afterwards a boat

containing the immigration officer (mr. F. Le Cren), the health officer

(Dr McIntyre), the Rev. E.A. Lingard, and other gentlemen, proceeded

to the vessel. The health having found that disease existed among the

immigrants, cleared the vessel. An inspection of the immigrants and the

vessel was then made, everything appearing to be in capital order. The

vessel was well fitted up for the accommodation of immigrants, and the

sleeping place being arranged on the most approved principles. From the

Doctor, Mr Hassart, it was elicited that there had been but little

sickness during the voyage, no disease of any serious nature had broke

out. Three deaths of infants he stated, had occurred, one from tabes

mesenterica, another from diarrhoea, and the third from premature birth.

The births on board were two in number. The single men, who there are

eighty, are sturdy looking fellows, evidently use to hard work. The

married men are clearly the right stamp for the colonies. The majority of

the men are agriculture labourers, the others mostly following useful

trades. The single women, who came under charge of Mrs Bartropp, are

healthy and strong in appearance, nearly all being domestic servants. The

immigrants all appear to be in capital spirits, and they speak well of the

manor they have been treated by the captain, doctor and others in

authority. The captain is Mr. J. Sutherland, who was formerly in

command of the Crusader, in which he made several trips to Canterbury.

The present is his first voyage in the Merope, and he speaks highly of her

sailing qualities. The voyage, he says was a very favourable one,

extending over eighty five days. The Captains report as follows –

Left Plymouth at noon on July 1st, wind Southwest.

Continued so for three days. Afterwards, had light but

favourable winds, which carried the vessel to the North-

east trades. These were light throughout, and were lost

in 11 North, when the usual light variable winds and

calm prevailed for some days. The Equator was crossed

on the morning of July 27th, in 27.30 West. Hence across

the Southern tropics the wind came from S.S.E. to

S.S.W., and in consequence the ship was carried so far

West that several tacks had to be made before

weathering the coast of Brazil, which was not finally

cleared until August 8th. The meridian of the Cape was

crossed on August 23rd in Lat. 45. From that till off the

South coast of Tasmanian, which was passed on

September 13th, strong South-west winds prevailed,

several times amounting to a gale with very high seas,

the ship making good runs, often logging 300 and as

much as 320 miles a day. From off Tasmanian, till

making the Snares, which were sighted at 2 a.m. on

September 20th; had light Northerly winds mostly, calms

prevailing during three days. On Monday last light

North-eat wind was experienced, lasting till Wednesday,

when a light South-west breeze sprang up, and

continued until the ship’s arrival at Timaru.

She will not, however unload any cargo here. The immigrants on board

the vessel seemed very pleased to see visitors from shore, and the Rev.

Trevor at Penwith Street, Penzance, reflecting on how it

was there that his great-grandparents, grandfather and

great-aunt said their farewells to his great-great-

grandmother Mary Jane Hollow, before leaving for New

Zealand.

Vernon Place, Falmouth Town, birthplace of Trevor’s

grandfather Henry Martin Hollow on 23 September

1874

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L.E. Lingard was perfectly loaded with correspondence, which he kindly

took to post for them. The immigrants will be landed this morning

early, and conveyed to the Timaru barracks. Numbers of them will

afterwards be taken to several country barracks.

After landing immigrants and their luggage, the ship got under weigh on

Friday night, the wind blowing from the Southward, made Lyttelton

heads on Saturday night and anchored as above.

Among the list of immigrants aboard the ship were Henry

Nicholls Hollow and family recorded as below;

Hollow Henry N. 26 Origin, Cornwall Occupation, Joiner

Hollow Louisa J. 24

Hollow Louisa N. 3

Hollow Henry M. 8 mths

The ‘Hollow – Family Line’ to Trevor John Holla = Jane

↓

Mark = Mary Oates

↓

John = Grace Rodda

↓

Mark & Grace Jelbart

↓

Mark = Mary Jane Nicholls

↓

Henry Nicholls = Louisa Jane Hicks

↓

Henry Martin = Susanne Hunt

↓

Herbert Henry = Mabel Florence Mitchell

↓

Trevor Herbert = Avis Verona Christensen

The visit of Trevor & Avis in 2005

The long trek to Penzance from Kerikeri began on the 24th

July 2005 with a flight to Auckland and, after over night stops

in Auckland and

Singapore, the arrival of

Trevor and Avis in

London on 26th July. They

made the five hour train

journey to Penzance on

the 31st July where Andra

and I collected them from

the railway station. Over

the next two weeks

excursions by car were

made to those locations

where Trevor‟s early

family were known to

have been born, baptised,

married and died and to a

number of places were

they had not!

The visits included,

Madron where the earliest recordings of the family have been

traced and where Trevor‟s great-great-great-great-great-great

grandparents John Holla and Jane married on 23rd February

1715. It is interesting to note that John and Jane named their

second son Mark, a Christian name that was to be used

another five times in this Hollow family and many more

times in another branch of Hollows that also emanated from

Madron - Part 2 will examine this in more detail.

Mark married Mary Oates at Madron on 15th December 1789

and it was their third son John, born in 1757, that married

Grace Rodda at St Buryan on 15th December 1789. At the

time of his marriage John was resident in the neighbouring

parish of Sancreed where it is likely that he had been raised

by his uncle and aunt, Samuel and Mary Holla, after John‟s

parents died - Mary in 1762 and Mark in 1764 (see “A Tour

of Discovery in St Buryan” – Hollow Log issue 14).

It was at St Buryan, probably at Trevorrian Farm, that Mark

Hollow Trevor‟s great-great-great-grandfather was born in

1769, and where he was resident at the

time of the baptism of his and Grace

Jelbart‟s son Mark on 12 January 1823.

After their marriage at Madron on 10th

May 1846, Mark and Mary Nicholls set

up home in Penzance and it was there

that Mark died, aged just 28 years, in

1851. He left Mary with three young

children, Mary Jane 5 years, Elizabeth

Barnes 4 years and Henry Nicholls 3

years. In the census return of 1851, just

Trevor and Avis at St Buryan Church.

Not their wedding day, that took place at

Pahiatua, New Zealand in 1953, but the

re-enactment of Trevor’s 4 times great-

grandparents marriage in 1789 ! Many of Trevor’s ancestors passed

through these doors.

Three generations in 1983

Henry Herbert (father), Martin Graham (son)

and Trevor Herbert

Trevor and Avis at St Buryan

Church.

Not their wedding day, that took

place at Pahiatua, New Zealand in

1953, but the re-enactment of

Trevor’s 4 times great-grandparents

marriage in 1789 !

Many of Trevor’s ancestors passed

through these doors.

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Hollows from North and South hemispheres meet

August 2005 at Goldsithney, Penzance, my father

Alfred George Hollow and Trevor Herbert Hollow

join me in the garden

a few months before his death, Mark was presumably „at sea‟

and Mary Jane and the three children are recorded at the

home of Mary Jane‟s parents on the East side of North Street

(now Causewayhead), Penzance.

In the census of 1861 at 68 North Street, Mary Jane is

described as a widow and dressmaker aged 38 and along with

her three children was still living with her parents.

In 1871 Mary Jane was living at 20 Penwith Street, Penzance

with her widower father John Nicholls, her daughter

Elizabeth Barnes and husband Edward William Boase who

had married the previous year. Also at the same address was

Mary Jane‟s brother-in-law Richard Oats Tregarthen, by then

a widower, and his three young sons.

Mary Jane died at 20 Penwith Street Penzance in January

1878 less than

three years after

her son, Henry

Nicholls Hollow,

his wife Louisa

Jane and their two

young children

sailed from

Plymouth to New

Zealand, and her

burial service was

held at St Mary‟s

Church Penzance

on 30 January 1878.

Part 2

Is Trevor’s and my family distantly related ?

In Part 1 I mentioned that the Christian name Mark was

frequently used by Trevor‟s forebears who had been traced to

Madron. The name was also used many times by my

forebears, also from Madron, and there is a Mark Hollow and

a Mark William Hollow in the present generation of my

family, could we be distantly related?

The main Hollow family branches originated in the

neighbouring parishes of Madron and Zennor and several

Christian names, particularly John, Mark, Willam, Matthew,

Richard, Grace,and Mary have been used in many

generations. The frequent use of „Mark‟ is clearly illustrated

above. I think it is extremely likely that all of these families

were related in some way and that probably includes the lines

to Trevor and me!

A Coincidence?

My father has often related the story, told to him by his

father who in turn had heard it from his father, that there was

Trevor’s Family

John Holla circa 1694 Madron

↓

Mark 1722 Madron

↓

Mark 1750 Madron John 1757 St Buryan

↓ ↓

John 1792 Madron Mark 1795 St Buryan

↓ ↓

John 1819 St Buryan Mark 1823 St Buryan

↓

Mark 1856 St Ive

↓

Frederick Ernest 1882 Millbrook

↓

Mark Ernest 1904 Devonport

My Family

William Holla c1660 Madron

↓ ↓

William c1690 Madron Mark c1695 Madron

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓

Mark 1729 Zennor Edward c1736 Zennor Mark 1734 Zennor Daniel 1745 St Ives Mark 1747 St Ives

↓ ↓ ↓ ↓

Mark 1770 Zennor John 1770 Zennor Daniel 1767 St Ives Mark1770 St Ives

↓ ↓

Mark Daniel 1805 Madron Mark 1796 St Ives

↓

Mark 1824 Ireland

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a barber in the family who, in addition to his tonsorial

activities, kept leeches in a jar to „bleed‟ his customers. I have

been unable to trace a Hollow barber related to my family but

there is one connected to Trevor‟s branch!

John Nicholls, born circa 1796 and the father of Mary Jane

Nicholls, wife of Mark mentioned above, was a hairdresser.

The census returns of 1851 and 1861 confirm that he was

resident in Penzance and probably carried out his business in

North Street close to his home. My ancestors also lived in

North Street at various times and it is almost certain that the

families were known to each other.

Mary Jane had a younger sister Eliza who married Richard

Oats Tregarthen in 1857 and together they had three sons.

Eliza died at a young age leaving Richard with three young

sons and the 1871 census shows that Richard and his sons

were living with his late wife‟s family as recorded below;

20 Penwith Street, Penzance.

John Nicholls Head. 75, Widower Hairdresser

Mary Jane Hollow Daughter 48 Widow Dressmaker

William Edward Boase Son-in-law 24 Mason

Elizabeth Barnes Boase granddaughter 23 Tailoress

Richard Tregarthen Son-in-law 38 Widower Cabinet Maker

Thomas Tregarthen Grandson 13 Scholar

John R Tregarthen Grandson 11 Scholar

George E Tregarthen Grandson 5 Scholar

On 6th June 1874 Richard Oats Tregarthen married his late

wife‟s niece, Mary Jane Hollow, daughter of Mark Hollow

and Mary Jane Nicholls and in 1876 Mary Jane gave birth to

their first son Henry Hollow Tregarthen, followed in 1878 by

Mary Jane Hollow Tregarthen.

My great-grandfather‟s brother William Hollow who was

born in Penzance in 1859 later moved to London where he

settled and married in 1904. Why, in 1905 did my great-great-

uncle name his first child and daughter, Emily Tregarthen

Hollow. The name had not previously been used in our

family and has not been used since. William would have

grown up in close proximity to, and knowing, the Tregarthen

family; did he know that the families were somehow distantly

related and chose to use an existing family name or was the

choice of Tregarthen just a coincidence? ♠

Keith Hollow

My wife Andra, my parents Lavorna and George, with Trevor and Avis, August 2005

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Cornish Churches

The Parishes of Pendeen and Morvah

(Combined in 1985)

The modern parish of Pendeen was created out of the ancient

parish of St Just in 1846. This followed an Act of Parliament

in 1843 when districts were

separated from large parishes and

were known as „Peel Districts‟ after

Sir Robert Peel who had promoted

the act. The Pendeen District had

previously been known as North St

Just and comprised the hamlets of

Botallack, Carnyorth, Trewellard,

Pendeen, Boscaswell, Calartha,

Portherras and Bojewyan. The

population of the District had

steadily increased with the intensive

mining of tin and copper and was

in great need of a church and parish

priest, although there were already

Wesleyan, Bible Christian and Free

Methodist chapels. The new Peel

District was offered to the

Reverend Robert Aitken by Bishop

Philpotts of Exeter, and in 1849 the

Rev. Aitken, with the aid of his new

parishioners, built the first temporary wooden church. The

church was erected in just three weeks and opened for

services on 24th June 1849, St John The Baptist‟s Day.

Plans were drawn-up for a new permanent church by the

Rev. Aitken who also supervised the construction. The

church was styled on the abbey on the Isle of Iona, off the

West Coast of Scotland, and was built in 1852 at the foot of

Carn Eanes by the voluntary labour of Pendeen villagers and

miners. The miners quarried the

granite blocks from the Carn itself

and they were transported to the

building site on farmer‟s carts. The

new church was opened in 1852

and dedicated by Bishop Philpotts

in 1854. Parish Registers date

from the founding of the

„wooden‟ church in 1849.

The cruciform church is 135 feet

long and comprises a chancel,

nave, transepts, south porch and

western tower. The height of the

tower was increased by four feet

in 1888 in order to accommodate

a clock. It had also originally

contained a single iron bell which

was replaced by ten tubular bells

in 1908.

The parish

church of

Saint John

the Baptist,

Pendeen

Chancel arch and east window, Pendeen

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The most striking feature of the church is the tall chancel

arch and large east window which is somewhat unusual with

its five lancets.

The mining industry was in decline by the end of the 19th

Century with the large mine at Botallack closing in 1914

followed by the disaster at the Levant mine in 1919 when 31

men were killed. Many Pendeen miners emigrated to the

United States of America, South Africa and Australia seeking

work in the mines in those countries. One such miner was

James Henry Hollow who had travelled to South Africa to

work in the gold mines there. A memorial in the Pendeen

churchyard records his death in Johannesburg on 4th January

1895 aged 44 years. His wife Annie and their children

remained at Pendeen, Annie dying at St John‟s Terrace twelve

years later in 1907.

Also in the churchyard, opposite the door in the south porch

is the grave of the parents of Richard Oates a miner who

worked in the goldfields at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.

Richard Oates and his partner John Deason found the largest

single nugget of gold ever discovered. It weighed 2,316

ounces and was sold for more than £9,534, probably a

fraction of what it would be worth today!

Men of

the parish

who

served in

the Great

War of

1914 -

1918 and

the World

War of

1939 –

1945 are

remember

ed on a

„Roll of Honour‟ on the north wall of the church.

Those who lost their life are recorded in red and the others in

black. The Great War list includes the names of James

Hollow and Richard Hollow in black. I suspect that they were

brothers, and the sons of James Henry and Annie Hollow

mentioned below.

Parish Records

Pendeen Baptisms

Date Name Parents Occupation Residence

17 Feb 1850 Thomas Hollow John & Margery Miner

Trewellard

19 Apr 1850 William Henry Hollow William & Mary Miner

Carnyorth

19 Apr 1850 Thomas Hollow William & Mary Miner

Carnyorth

02 Aug 1850 James Henry Hollow John & Ann Miner

Boscaswell

03 Nov 1850 James Olds Hollow Richard & Sarah

Farm Labourer Pendeen

14 Feb 1851 Mary Elizabeth Hollow William & Jane Miner

Carnyorth

23 Sep 1851 William Hollow John & Ann Miner Doctor‟s

Row, Boscaswell

20 Aug 1854 John Hollow William & Jane Miner

Carnyorth

15 Sep 1854 John Hollow John & Margery Miner

Trewellard

07 Oct 1854 Benjamin Trewarbis Hollow (2 years old)

Thomas & Eliza Blacksmith Carnyorth

The memorial to miner James Henry Hollow

who died in Johannesburg, South Africa, and

the grave of his wife Annie and son James who

both died in Pendeen.

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30 Oct 1854 John Hollow John & Elizabeth Mine Agent

Boscaswell

03 Feb 1855 John Hollow Richard & Sarah Labourer

Boscaswell

13 Oct 1855 Thomas Casley Hollow John & Elizabeth

Mine agent Pendeen

03 Nov 1856 Elizabeth Ann Hollow Richard & Sarah

Miner Boscaswell

03 Nov 1856 Mary Elizabeth Hollow William & Jane Miner

Carnyorth

09 Aug 1857 child John & Margery

15 Apr 1859 Thomas Hollow John & Elizabeth Honor

Miner Carnyorth

24 Apr 1859 Elizabeth Hollow John & Margery Miner

Trewellard

31 Oct 1859 John Thomas Hollow William & Jane Miner

Trewellard

05 Feb 1860 Richard Hollow John & Nancy Sawyer

Bojewyan

04 Aug 1861 Christiana Hollow John & Margaret Miner

Trewellard

09 Jan 1862 Elizabeth Ann Hollow John & Nanny Sawyer

Spinger

20 Feb 1863 James Olds Hollow (3 years old) William &

Jane Farm Labourer Trewellard

13 Aug 1863 Christiana Hollow John & Margery Miner

Trewellard

16 Oct 1864 Elizabeth Ann Hollow John & Nanny Miner

Bojewyan

18 Mar 1866 Mary Jane Hollow John & Nanny Sawyer

Bojewyan

16 Nov 1866 Susan Hollow John & Elizabeth Miner

Bojewyan

05 Apr 1867 Elizabeth Mary Ann Hollow William Henry &

Mary Jane Miner Trewellard

16 Oct 1867 James Hicks Hollow John & Margery Miner

Trewellard

22 Jun 1868 John Hollow Richard & Anne Miner

Bojewyan

28 Jan 1869 Mary Jane Hollow William Henry & Mary Jane

Miner Trewellard

31 Oct 1869 John Thomas Hollow Richard & Ann Miner

Bojewyan

19 Jul 1870 Gaby Hollow (4 years old) William & Jane

Miner Trewellard

18 Oct 1871 Jane Hollow Thomas & Anne Miner

Carnyorth

13 Mar 1872 James Hicks Hollow John & Margery Miner

Trewellard

11 Oct 1878 Annie Jane Hollow James Henry & Annie

Miner Boscaswell

02 Mar 1881 Mary Elizabeth Hollow James & Annie Tin

Dresser Boscaswell

06 Jun 1883 William Johns Hollow William & Mary Miner

Boscaswell

10 Aug 1883 Ellen Rowe Hollow James Henry & Annie

Tin Dresser Boscaswell

08 Oct 1884 James Hollow James Henry & Annie Tin

Dresser Boscaswell

05 Aug 1885 Thomasina Hollow James Henry & Annie Tin

Dresser Boscaswell

17 Dec 1888 William John Hollow James Henry & Annie

Tin Dresser Boatman‟s Row, Boscaswell

02 Mar 1892 Thomas Hollow Thomas & Mary Elizabeth

Engine Driver Boscaswell

01 Feb 1893 Elizabeth Ann Hollow Thomas & Mary

Elizabeth Miner Boscaswell

16 Mar 1895 William John Hollow Thomas & Mary

Elizabeth Engine Driver Boscaswell

17 Feb 1897 Mary Elizabeth Hollow (born 18 Nov 1896)

Thomas & Mary Elizabeth Engine Driver Boscaswell

13 Apr 1898 Laura Hollow (born 25 Dec 1897) Thomas &

Elizabeth Miner Boscaswell

03 Sep 1899 Esther Maddern Hollow (born 18 Mar 1898)

Annie (widow) Boatman‟s Row, Boscaswell

03 Jul 1900 Mary Rowe Hollow John & Alice Miner

Boscaswell

03 Jan 1904 Norman Groves Hollow Thomas & Mary

Elizabeth Engine Driver Boscaswell

13 Apr 1904 Josipha Hollow John Thomas & Nanny

Warren Miner Bojewyan

26 May 1908 Ellen Hollow Mary Ellen Carnyorth

Morvah Baptisms

18 Sep 1842 John Holla Andrew & Jane Miner Church

Town Pendeen

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Marriages

Date Groom/Bride/Age Occupation Residence Father

Occupation

20 Oct 1862 Noah James (22) Miner Trewellard Andrew

James Miner Peggy Hollow (22) Trewellard William

Hollow Miner

18 Mar 1865 William Henry Hollow (20) Miner Trewellard

Thomas Hollow Miner Mary Jane Tregloan (22) Trewellard

Richard Tregloan Engine Driver

11 Jun 1865 Thomas Trudgeon (26) Miner Bojewyan

Thomas Trudgeon Sawyer Charlotte Hollow (23) Carnyorth

William Hollow Farmer

17 Dec 1865 Edward Tregloan (25) Miner Trewellard

Richard Tregloan Engine Man Bodica Hollow (25)

Trewellard William Hollow Miner

20 Jun 1868 William Bennetts (21) Miner Trewellard

William Bennetts Miner Sarah Ann Hollow (18) Trewellard

John Hollow Miner

15 May 1869 John Hollow (27) Miner Trewellard William

Hollow Miner Elizabeth Ann Williams (25) Pendeen John

Williams Miner

11 Feb 1871 Thomas Hollow (22) Miner Carnyorth John

Hollow Miner Ann Semmens (20) Carnyorth John

Semmens Farmer

30 Jul 1876 Thomas Trembath (24) Miner Bojewyan

Arthur Trembath Miner Sarah Ann Hollow (24 Bojewyan

Richard Hollow Miner

24 Jan 1878 William Hollow (24) Labourer Boscaswell

John Hollow Labourer Mary Johns Nankervis (22)

Bojewyan William Nankervis Miner

17 Aug 1878 Thomas Harvey (21) Miner Boscaswell

Samuel Harvey Miner Mary Hollow (22) Trewellard John

Hollow Miner

21 Aug 1878 James Henry Hollow (28) Tin Dresser

Boscaswell John Hollow Miner Ann Rowe (22) Trewellard

Cliff John Rowe Miner

28 Oct 1883 Justinian Kevern Hollow (22) Miner

Trewellard William Henry Hollow Tin Dresser Elizabeth

Edwards Trembath (21) Trewellard William Trembath

Miner

09 Feb 1890 William George (20) Miner Boscaswell

Abraham George Miner Elizabeth Ann Hollow (25)

Boscaswell John Hollow Miner

21 Mar 1891 John Thomas Hollow (21) Miner Bojewyan

Richard Hollow Miner Nanny Warren Trembath (17)

Bojewyan William Arthur Trembath Miner

10 Jan 1893 Matthew Hollow (widower ofa) Farmer

Towednack Matthew Hollow Farmer Elizabeth Jane

Warren (ofa) Trewellard Hill Richard Warren Deceased

Miner

02 Sep 1893 Thomas White Trembath (21) Miner

Boscaswell Humphrey Trembath Deceased Mary Jane

Hollow (25) Trewellard Hill William Henry Hollow Miner

19 Jun 1919 William Thomas Gibbons (25) Soldier HM‟s

Australian Imperial Force Pendeen John Gibbons Farmer

Hettie Hollow (21) Pendeen Richard Henry Hollow

Morvah Marriages

24 Nov 1890 Thomas Hollow (31) Engine Driver Pendeen

John Hollow Miner Mary Elizabeth Hutchens (28) Morvah

William Hutchens Farm Labourer

Pendeen Burials & Deaths

Date Name Age Event Notes

26 Oct 1888 John Hollow s/o Thomas & Loveday

03 Jun 1892 Margery Hollow Burial

04 Jan 1895 James Henry Hollow 44 Death at

Johannesburg, South Africa

30 Apr 1907 Anne Hollow 50 Death at St John‟s Terrace,

widow of James Henry Hollow

20 Oct 1913 Mary Jane Hollow 48 Burial of Boscaswell

19 Mar 1919 James Hollow 34 Death Son of James Henry

& Annie Hollow

23 Jan 1908 William Henry Hollow 64 of Trewellard

19 Nov 1915 John Thomas Hollow 46 Death Bojewyan

Morvah Burials & Deaths

19 Dec 1792 Alice Holla Burial Infant

11 Jul 1783 Ishmael Holla 65 Burial

27 Feb 1781 Sarah Holla Base daughter of Margaret

04 May 1800 Sarah Holla

08 Aug 1818 Margaret Hollow 51 Burial Choon

The parish church of Saint

Morwetha, Morvah Close to the north coast cliffs of West Penwith the village of

Morvah takes its name from Morvetha or Morwenna which

in the Celtic Cornish language signifies a place or woman of

the sea.

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A Celtic Chapel was built at Tregaminian in Morvah, about a

half a mile north of the present church, in the 6th or 7th

century. The chapel, all traces of which have disappeared, had

been erected near to the site of a holy well. The holy well was

rediscovered and restored in 2002.

At the end of the 14th century the Knights of St. John of

Jerusalem, from the neighbouring parish of Madron, built a

new church consisting of an aisle arcade of three bays and a

tower. The church is dedicated to St. Briget of Sweden and

Morwenna. On 7th May 1390 the Vicar of St. Madern

(Madron) was given licence by the Bishop of Exeter to

celebrate Divine Service in certain chapels in the parish of

Madron and included the feast of „Sancta Brigida‟(St Bridget

or Birgitta of Sweden). On 22nd September 1400 the Chapel

of St. Briget in the Parish of St. Madern, was formally

licensed by Bishop Stafford of Exeter and on 7th April 1409 it

was dedicated to St. Morwetha.

Apart from the tower, the whole church was rebuilt in 1828

after an attempt at restoration and extension failed. During

the restoration the church walls began to collapse and a

decision was made to rebuild the church using the original

stone. It is said that while extending the church workmen

disturbed human bones which they threw over the hedge into

an adjacent field rather than having the remains properly

reburied.

When word of the desecration reached Penzance the Morvah

villagers were prevented from selling their butter at the

market. Henry Quick the revered Towednack poet wrote a

poem about the event „The skull and bones of Morvah man,

among the hay and corn‟.

A fair held at Morvah on the first Sunday in August almost

certainly dates back to Celtic times and by the 19th Century

had developed into a major event in the village and gave rise

to the local expression, „Two on a horse like going to Morvah

Fair‟. Hundreds gathered to enjoy a good time and a day of

heavy drinking and on one occasion the landlord of the

Miner‟s Arms public house raided the Wesleyan Chapel for

benches because the pub had run out of seating! In the mid-

19th Century Victorian principles and the influence of the

Wesleyan Church had gathered significant momentum and

the Sabbath was considered an absolute day of rest. By 1850

the Vicar of Morvah could no longer tolerate the events on

„fair day‟ and issued the following warning;

The vicar of Morvah having been informed that the Church-

Town of Morvah has for many years past been much resorted to

on the First Sunday in August by disorderly persons of every

description, much to the annoyance of the parishioners, he

hereby cautions all such persons from assembling on that day for

idle and profane amusement, so revolting to that great command

of the Law of God – “Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it

holy”. Strict orders have been given to the Constable and

Officers of the Parish to take into custody any person who shall

be found desecrating the Lord’s Day. ♠

Keith Hollow