Re: William Holdsworth -Yorkshire -1824
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Re: William Holdsworth -Yorkshire -1824
Ria Stoddart 1/28/12
Hello Ria, Sorry for the delay in replying! I have been checking on the name Joan Holdsworth but in our direct line, I cannot find any other Joans! My mother (Joan Holdsworth, born 1923) said that her father registered her name on her Birth Certificate and liked the name 'Joan' - so she was duly named Joan Holdsworth - with no middle name!!
Our branch of the Holdsworth line goes back to Sheffield in Yorkshire, prior to 1836, when John Holdsworth and Elizabeth Burdekin arrived in Sydney with 6 children. John was also born in Yorkshire (bapt. 1799) & his parents Richard Holdsworth and Margaret Wilson were probably from Yorkshire also.....so maybe our lines meet up further back.
I could not find any connection to your Joan Holdsworth who married Dr. Sydney Stanley Earnest Brooks in 1941. I did find a Stanley S. Brooks, aged 10 yrs (born c. 1891)in the 1901 Census - he was born at Scarborough, Yorkshire & was living there in 1901. I also found a reference to Stanley Stephen Brooks on IGI, born 22 Feb. 1891, parents: Stephen & Ellen Brooks, York, Yorkshire. He may be related to Sydney Stanley Earnest Brooks - maybe his father???? This is all speculation & may be of no help to you. However it would be great if we could find a connection somewhere between our various ancestral lines!!
Best Wishes, Susan Elliott