Publications
Is There Anyone There?, by Tony Holkham, published March 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 5, article, pp.189-190) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508812] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:George Holkham (c.1798-1883) married Mary Ann Archer in 1822 at Aldwick and they had at least 3 children there.
Simon the bowman: a history mystery, by Tony Holkham, published March 2009 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 5, article, pp.234-237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508972] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:I have a mystery. It concerns the Battle of Hastings, perhaps. But let me start at the beginning.
When I started out trying to trace my ancestors in 1980, way back in the dark ages before the internet and even before personal computers, I soon realised I had, for my family name at least, a problem. My father Richard had the name HOLKHAM, as did his father Ernest, grandfather Frederick and great-grandfather, also Frederick. When the elder Frederick's father George died. he was HOLKHAM. too. Going back further. it starts to go awry.
When I started out trying to trace my ancestors in 1980, way back in the dark ages before the internet and even before personal computers, I soon realised I had, for my family name at least, a problem. My father Richard had the name HOLKHAM, as did his father Ernest, grandfather Frederick and great-grandfather, also Frederick. When the elder Frederick's father George died. he was HOLKHAM. too. Going back further. it starts to go awry.
Sidetracked!, by Tony Holkham, published September 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 3, article, pp.138-139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508844] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Becoming side-tracked when researching ancestors is inevitable, and sometime, can be very interesting.
Investigating my HOLKHAM, HOLCOMBE, HALCOMBE, HOCKHAM or HAWKHAM ancestors in West Sussex during the 19th century, I was interested in the origin of shepherd Richard HALCOMBE who appears in the 1841 census of Eartham. He is 60, and lives with his wife Hannah, also 60, and 25-year-old Charles HORN.
Investigating my HOLKHAM, HOLCOMBE, HALCOMBE, HOCKHAM or HAWKHAM ancestors in West Sussex during the 19th century, I was interested in the origin of shepherd Richard HALCOMBE who appears in the 1841 census of Eartham. He is 60, and lives with his wife Hannah, also 60, and 25-year-old Charles HORN.
The Bricklayer's Wall, by Tony Holkham, published June 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 2, article, pp.89-92) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508851] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:I have a brick wall. Don't we all? Mine is a very fine and sturdy brick wall that has stood the test of time across six generations. It should be: it was built by bricklayers.
While I'm interested in all the branches of my family tree, the one that intrigues me most is my own paternal line. And it is the one I am having the least success with. Partly it intrigues me not because it may contain skeletons or royalty, but because the men in it are so down-to-earth ordinary that they hardly left a mark on history.
Well, I want to put that right. I may be very experienced (30-plus years, man and boy) in the detective work that is genealogy, but reaching out from the family tree without falling off is difficult; there are so many straws blowing in the wind that it's hard to know which to clutch. But enough of mixed metaphors.
The first few generations are no problem. My father was Richard Ernest HOLKHAM (1922-1998), a civil servant who also knew how to lay bricks, and taught me. My grandfather was Ernest Frederick HOLKHAM (1884-1951), who rose to Chief Petty Officer in a long Royal Navy career, and who died before I was four. He was an electrician, but taught toy father how to lay bricks. My great grandfather was Frederick HOLKHAM (1862-1920), a bricklayer by trade. I fondly think of him as Frederick the Second because his father, my great-great grandfather, was also Frederick HOLKHAM (1829-1893), so Frederick the First, and also a bricklayer
While I'm interested in all the branches of my family tree, the one that intrigues me most is my own paternal line. And it is the one I am having the least success with. Partly it intrigues me not because it may contain skeletons or royalty, but because the men in it are so down-to-earth ordinary that they hardly left a mark on history.
Well, I want to put that right. I may be very experienced (30-plus years, man and boy) in the detective work that is genealogy, but reaching out from the family tree without falling off is difficult; there are so many straws blowing in the wind that it's hard to know which to clutch. But enough of mixed metaphors.
The first few generations are no problem. My father was Richard Ernest HOLKHAM (1922-1998), a civil servant who also knew how to lay bricks, and taught me. My grandfather was Ernest Frederick HOLKHAM (1884-1951), who rose to Chief Petty Officer in a long Royal Navy career, and who died before I was four. He was an electrician, but taught toy father how to lay bricks. My great grandfather was Frederick HOLKHAM (1862-1920), a bricklayer by trade. I fondly think of him as Frederick the Second because his father, my great-great grandfather, was also Frederick HOLKHAM (1829-1893), so Frederick the First, and also a bricklayer
The Holcombes of Sussex, by Tony Holkham, published March 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 5, article, pp.232-236) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]