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HOLBORN, Henry
1854 - 1926 (71 years) Has 7 ancestors and 11 descendants in this family tree.
1825 - 1908 (83 years)-
Name HOLBORN, Henry Birth 31 Dec 1854 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk 
Gender Male Death 28 Sep 1926 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Person ID I2721 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HOLBORN, James, b. 1804, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk d. 1874, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk (Age 70 years) Mother HOWLING, Elizabeth, b. 1825, East Rudham, Norfolk, England. d. 1908, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 83 years) Marriage 20 Nov 1846 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk Family ID F1235 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MCHUGH, Mary Ann, b. Between 1858 and 1859, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England d. 5 Oct 1925, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA (Age 67 years) Marriage 1878 Middlesbrough Registration District, Yorkshire Children 1. HOLBORN, Mary Alice, b. 1879, Hartlepool, County Durham, England d. Aft 1891 (Age > 13 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. HOLBORN, Elizabeth A., b. 1881, Cogan, Glamorgan, Wales d. 1881, Cardiff Registration District, Glamorgan, Wales (Age 0 years)3. HOLBORN, Charles Henry, b. 16 Sep 1882, Cogan Pill, Glamorgan, Wales d. 10 Mar 1951, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 68 years)4. HOLBORN, James William, b. 15 May 1884, Cogan Pill, Glamorgan, Wales d. 8 Mar 1922, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA (Age 37 years)5. HOLBORN, Ethel May, b. May 1888, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales d. Aft 1907 (Age > 20 years)6. HOLBORN, John Joseph, b. 26 Feb 1893, Illinois, USA d. 26 Sep 1917, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA (Age 24 years)Family ID F1354 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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HENRY HOLBORN 1854-1926
The birth of Henry HOLBORN was registered in 1855.
(GRO March Q 1855 Wisbech 3b 383)
Henry, son of James and Elizabeth HOLBORN of Terrington, was baptised at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, on 14 January 1855. His father James HOLBORN was a gunner.
(www.freereg.org.uk)
Note: In the USA he gives his date of birth variously as December 1855 or 31 December 1855. It seems possible therefore that he was born on 31 December 1854, a date which would be consistant with a date of baptism on 14 January 1855.
From the 1861 census of Workhouse Yard, East Rudham, Norfolk:
William DADE, head, aged 60, agricultural labourer, born at East Rudham, Norfolk;
Elizabeth DADE, wife, aged 61, agricultural labourer's wife, born at East Rudham, Norfolk;
George DADE, son, aged 16, agricultural labourer, born at East Rudham, Norfolk;
Abel DADE, son, aged 13, agricultural labourer, born at East Rudham, Norfolk;
*Henry HOLBORN, grandson, aged 6, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk.
(RG9/1250/1093/4)
From the 1871 census of Norman Bank (sic), Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk:
James HOLBORN, head, aged 66, agricultural labourer, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Elizabeth HOLBORN, wife, aged 44, born at East Rudham, Norfolk;
Esther HOLBORN, daughter, aged 20, unmarried, dressmaker, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
George HOLBORN, son, aged 18, agricultural labourer, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
*Henry HOLBORN, son, aged 16, agricutural labourer, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
James W. HOLBORN, son, aged 14, agricultural labourer, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Elizabeth J. HOLBORN, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
John Thomas HOLBORN, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk.
(RG10/1618/13/17)
The marriage between Henry HOLBORN and Mary Ann McHUGH was registered in 1878.
(GRO December Q 1878 Middlesborough 9d 151)
The 1881 census of 29 Dock Street, Cogan, Glamorgan, Wales:
*Henry HOLBORN, head, aged 26, bricklayer, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Mary A. HOLBORN, wife, aged 22, born at Barnard Castle, Co. Durham;
Mary A. HOLBORN, daughter, aged 1, born at Hartlepool, Co. Durham;
Elizabeth A. HOLBORN, daughter, aged 2 weeks, born at Cogan, Glamorgan, Wales.
(RG11/5288/117/33)
The 1891 census of 90 Clive Street, Canton, Cardiff:
*Henry HALBARN, head, 36, employed as a bricklayer, born at Terrington;
Mary Ann HALBARN, wife, aged 31, general dealer, born in Manchester, Lancashire (sic);
Mary A. HALBARN, daughter, aged 11, born at Hartlepool, Durham;
Charles H. HALBARN, son, aged 8, born at Cogan Pill, Glamorgan;
James W. HALBARN, son, aged 6, born at Cogan Pill, Glamorgan;
Ethel M. HALBARN, daughter, aged 2, born at Cardiff, Glamorgan;
Thomas DAVIES, aged 42, lodger, single, shipyard labour, born at Presscot (sic), Lancaster;
John BELL, aged 18, lodger, single, boiler maker, born in Scotland.
(RG12/4400/113/10)
The 1900 US Federal Census of Galesburg City, Knox County, USA.
*Henry HOLBORN, head, aged 44, born in England in December 1855, brick mason;
Mary HOLBORN, wife, aged 41, married 22 years, 6 children of which 5 are living, born in England in February 1859;
Charles H. HOLBORN, son, aged 17, day laborer, born in England in September 1882;
James W. HOLBORN, son, aged 16, day laborer, born in England in May 1884;
Ethel M. HOLBORN, daughter, aged 12, at school, born in England in May 1898 (sic);
John HOLBORN, son, aged 7, at school, born in Illinois in February 1893.
From the 1904 Galesburg City Directory for 1309, E. Main Street, Galesburg:
Chas. HOLBORN, brick mason
Miss Ethel HOLBORN, student, Brown's Business College
*Harry HOLBORN, brick mason
Wm. HOLBORN
From the Ship's Manifest of the Saxonia which left Liverpool on 28 February 1905 and arrived at Boston, Massachussets, on 10 March 1905:
Harry J. BROWN, aged 20, single, labourer, last residence Terrington St. Clements, destination Galesburg, Illinois;
Charles HOLBORN, aged 22, bricklayer, United States Citizen;
*Henry HOLBORN, aged 50, bricklayer, United States Citizen.
The address in Galesburg was 1309 E. Main Street, Galesburg, Illinois.
From the 1907 Galesburg City Directory for 1309 E. Main Street, Galesburg:
Miss Ethel Mae (sic) HOLBORN
*Harry HOLBORN, bricklayer
Mrs. Harry HOLBORN, general labor organizer
J. W. HOLBORN
Henry HOLBORN died in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 28 September 1926 at the age of 71. He was born in England on 31 December 1855 (sic), was retired and was a widower. The name of his wife was Mary HOLBORN.
(Illinois, Deaths & Stillbirths Index 1916-1947)
NOTES & QUERIES:
In 1861 Henry HOLBORN was described as the grandson of William DADE. William DADE married Esther HOWLING, the mother of Elizabeth HOWLING, on 26 November 1825. Henry's father James HOLBORN married Elizabeth HOWLING at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, on 10 November 1846.
(revised 03.04.2012)