Margaret Holding

Margaret Ann Holding

Born: 7 June 1872, Sheffield 

Baptised: 28 July 1872, Sheffield 

Father: John Holding (b. 1858)

Mother: Isabel Holding (b. 1845)

Brothers: Robert Henry Holding (b. 1871)

In 1881 –

She is at 14 Ellesmere Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Railway Spring Smith’. Her mother and aunt, Elizabeth Foulston (b. 1852), are listed as ‘Milliner’. Margaret and her brother, Robert, are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 79 Roe Lane, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Steel Forgings Manufacturer’. Her brother, Robert, is listed as ‘Assistant Steel Manager’. Margaret is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. There is a boarder, Mary Richardson (b. 1879), listed as ‘Clerk Forging Maufacturer’. There is a servant, Mabel C Stover (b. 1876).

In 10/02 – 

Address is c/o Miss Cates, 65 Highbury Hill, Highbury.

In 1911 – 

She is at 6 Fernhead Road, Paddington, London as a boarder. Jane Catherine Adey (b. 1853) is listed as widow and ‘Boarding House’. Ellen Maud Adey (b. 1879) and Eliza Hicks (b. 1836) are unlisted. Herbert Charles Frank (b. 1881), a boarder, is listed as ‘Solicitors Clerk’. Margaret is listed as boarder and ‘Teacher’. Edwin Aswald Bache (b. 1881), a boarder, is listed as ‘Cashier’. Conrad Robert Thomas (b. 1891), boarder, is listed as ‘2nd Class Assistant’. George William Knight (b. 1884), a boarder, is listed as ‘Manager’. There is a servant, Edith Griffiths (b. 1895).

In 1921 – 

She is at Nelson Farm, Calton. Her cousin, Henry Carlisle (b. 1869), is listed as ‘Farmer’. His wife, Margaret Carlisle (b. 1877), and daughters, Dorothy Ellen Carlisle (b. 1904), Margaret Carlisle (b. 1906) and Mary Carlisle (b. 1907), are unlisted. Margaret is listed as visitor, cousin and ‘Teacher Retired’. 

d.         17 May 1933, At Sea on board Orontes of Heart Failure 

HOLDING, Margaret Ann of 479 Whirlowdale Road, Sheffield spinster died 17 May 1933 at sea. Probate London 1 August to Robert Henry Holding, forge master and Caroline Poole, spinster. Effects £5998, 14s, 7d.