Gwyn Oldbury was part of Shropshire in 1810, many people attended the church at Halesowen , which was also then in Shropshire. ( until c 1840/41) Located a Baptism in Halesowen Baptisms ,that could be your Samuel 7th January 1810 Samuel son of Richard and Phoebe HOLLOWAY This could be their marriage at Edgbaston. Richard HOLLOWAY to Sarah WESTON 25 Dec 1802 This is the 1841 Census Entry for Richard Wife and Family ! 1841 England Census about Richd Holloway Name: Richd Holloway Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1791 Gender: Male Where born: Shropshire, England Civil parish: Hales Owen Hundred: Brimstree (Hales Owen Division) County/Island: Shropshire Country: England Street address: Occupation: View image Registration district: Stourbridge Sub-registration district: Halesowen Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Richd Holloway 50 Phebe Holloway 45 Henry Holloway 25 Elizh Holloway 20 Sarah Holloway 14 Richard Holloway 10 Mary Holloway 7 Emma Holloway 2 This could Samuel and wife in 1841 living in Birmingham 1841 England Census about Samuel Holloway Name: Samuel Holloway Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811 Gender: Male Civil Parish: Birmingham Hundred: Birmingham County/Island: Warwickshire Country: England Street address: Occupation: View Image Registration district: Birmingham Sub-registration district: Lady Wood Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Samuel Holloway 30 Ann Holloway 30 Jane Holloway 6 James Holloway 4 Neither Samuel or Ann were born in County. 1851 Census of Worcestershire ! Piece 2050 Folio 258 Sched. 077 43 Bridge Street , Smethwick HOLLOWAY Samuel 40 M Plate Glass Maker Born Ludlow/SAL " Ann 40 M " Oldbury/WOR " Jane 16 U Scholar " Smethwick/STS " James 14 " " " " " George 9 " " " Birmingham/WAR " Sarah 7 " " " " " Felicia 5 " " " " " Samuel 3 " " Smethwick/STS I wouldn't worry to much about Samuel stating Ludlow as place of birth. Census records are notorious for listing a variety of Birth locations. hth Helen New Zealand -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gwyn Griffiths Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2007 7:25 a.m. To: [email protected] Subject: [WOR] HOOLOWAY, Oldbury My wife has, in her tree, a Samuel HOLLOWAY, probably born Oldbury in 1810. In later years he was a glass maker in the Kingswinford area. Can anybody trace any baptismal records, or suggest possible sources/ leads? Gwyn ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gwyn: > 1851 Census of Worcestershire ! > Piece 2050 Folio 258 Sched. 077 43 Bridge Street , Smethwick > HOLLOWAY Samuel 40 M Plate Glass Maker Born Ludlow/SAL > " Ann 40 M " Oldbury/WOR > > I wouldn't worry to much about Samuel stating Ludlow as place of birth. > Census records are notorious for listing a variety of Birth locations. Interestingly, in 1871 Samuel is given as born Oldbury and Ann as born Ludlow Shropshire! In 1881, Samuel is still reporting a birthplace of Oldbury, but Ann has been replaced by a Mary Ann, born Dudley. Can't find them in 1861. > Oldbury was part of Shropshire in 1810, many people attended the church at > Halesowen , which was also then in Shropshire. ( until c 1840/41) Oldbury became an independent parish in 1844, at which time it also transferred to Worcestershire. Before that it was part of the parish of Halesowen, and so many Oldbury baptisms will be found there. However it did have its own chapelry of St Nicholas (later Christchurch) and its own registers, which have been published by the BMSGH. It was also a hotbed of nonconformism, with a very significant proportion of baptisms taking place in Methodist and other chapels. My great aunt Myra BERESFORD (1896-1929) married a John T. HOLLOWAY in Oldbury in 1927. Regards Paul Prescott