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HOLBORN, James William
1857 - 1929 (72 years) Has 7 ancestors and 5 descendants in this family tree.
1825 - 1908 (83 years)-
Name HOLBORN, James William Birth 1857 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk 
Gender Male Death 1929 Guisbrought, Yorkshire, England Person ID I2722 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 LIGHTOWLER, Mary Ann, b. 1854, Malton, Yorkshire, England d. 1912, Middlesbrough Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 58 years) Marriage 1878 Middlesbrough Registration District, Yorkshire Children 1. HOLBORN, Lavinia (Vinnie), b. 1879, Middlesborough, Yorkshire d. 1941, Bulmer, Yorkshire, England (Age 62 years)2. HOLBORN, Maud Or Maria, b. 1880, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England d. Aft 1911 (Age > 32 years)3. HOLBORN, Thomas William, b. 1885, Malton, Yorkshire, England d. 1935, Middlesbrough Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1355 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JAMES WILLIAM HOLBORN 1857-1929
James William, son of James and Elizabeth HOLBORN of Terrington, was baptised at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, on 1 March 1857. His father James HOLBORN was a labourer.
(www.freereg.org.uk)
From the 1861 census of Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk:
James HOLBORN, head, aged 56, agricultural labourer, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Elizabeth HOLBORN, wife, aged 36, agricultural labourer's wife, born at Rudham, Norfolk;
Rosaman (sic) HOLBORN, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Easter (sic) HOLBORN, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
George HOLBORN, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
*James HOLBORN, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk;
Charles JARVIS, lodger, aged 20, unmarried, baker, born at Setchford, Norfolk.
(RG9/1051/10/13)
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 James William HOLBORN and Mary Ann LIGHTOWLER was registered in 1878.
(GRO September Q 1878 Middlesborough 9d 723)
The 1881 census of 7 Thorn Street, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire:
*James W. HOLBORN, head, aged 24, letter carrier C.S., born at Lynn (sic), Norfolk;
Mary Ann HOLBORN, wife, aged 26, born at Malton, Yorkshire;
Lavinia HOLBORN, daughter, aged 1, born at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire;
Maria HOLBORN, daughter, aged 4 months, born at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire;
Janet BLACK, visitor, aged 30, unmarried, general servant, born at Retford, Yorkshire;
Emily BLACK, aged 9, scholar, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire.
(RG11/4857/46/14)
The 1901 census of 3 Church Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire:
*James W. HOLBORN, head, aged 44, assistant inspector of postmen and insurance agent, born at Terrington, Norfolk;
Mary A. HOLBORN, wife, aged 45, born at Malton, Yorkshire;
Lavinia HOLBORN, daughter, aged 21, telegraphist, born at Malton, Yorkshire;
Maud HOLBORN, daughter, aged 20, telephone operator, born at Malton, Yorkshire;
Thomas W. HOLBORN, son, aged 15, .......... assistant, born at Malton, Yorkshire.
(RG13/4579/178/46)
The 1911 census of 70 Ayresome Street, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire:
*James William HOLBORN, head, aged 54, town postman, born at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk:
Mary Ann HOLBORN, wife, aged 56, married 32 years, 3 children of whom 3 living, born at Malton, Yorkshire;
Lavinea (sic) BRENTNALL, daughter, aged 31, married 2 years, born at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire;
Charlie BRENTNALL, son-in-law, aged 31, architect surveyor on own account, born at Stainton-in-Cleveland, Yorkshire;
Elizabeth SMITH, sister-in-law, aged 57, 11 years married, born at Malton, Yorkshire.
(RG14/29308)
The death of a James W. HOLBORN aged 72 was registered in 1929.
(GRO December Q 1929 Guisbrough 9d 547)
NOTES & QUERIES:
What was the identity of his sister-in-law Elizabeth SMITH? Was her maiden name LIGHTOWLER?
1891 Census: Untraced.
(revised 03.04.2012)