Individual Notes

Note for:   David Holland,   ABT Jul 1665 -          Index

Christening:   
     Date:   25 Jul 1665
     Place:   Abergele


Individual Notes

Note for:   Dorothy Holland,   ABT Feb 1667 -          Index

Christening:   
     Date:   7 Feb 1667
     Place:   Abergele


Individual Notes

Note for:   Edith Holland,   30 May 1886 -          Index

Occupation:   Domestic Servant
     Date:   10 Jul 1909
     Place:   Prescot, Lancashire

Census:   
     Date:   1901
     Place:   Prescot, Lancashire

Census:   
     Date:   1891
     Place:   Prescot, Lancashire


Individual Notes

Note for:   Edward Holland,   ABT Feb 1819 - 21 Oct 1885         Index

Baptism:   
     Date:   7 Feb 1819
     Place:   Holywell, Flintshire. MF 513, P145, Entry 1156

Occupation:   
     Date:   1881
     Place:   Brass Roller & Publican

Occupation:   
     Date:   BET 1871 AND 1885
     Place:   Brass Roller (by 1885 noted as Roller in Copper Works)

Residence:   
     Date:   1881
     Place:   Station Road, Holywell

Residence:   
     Date:   1841
     Place:   Chapel Street, Holywell

Residence:   
     Date:   1851
     Place:   New Road, Holywell

Residence:   
     Date:   1861
     Place:   4 Foundry Road, Greenfield.

Residence:   
     Date:   1871
     Place:   249 Foundary Afon, Greenfield

Census:   
     Date:   1881
     Place:   Holywell, Flintshire

Census:   
     Date:   1841
     Place:   Holywell, Flintshire

Census:   
     Date:   1861
     Place:   Holywell, Flintshire

Burial:   
     Date:   24 Oct 1885
     Place:   Holywell, Flintshire

Individual Note:
     At the time of the 1881 Census Edward was a Brass Roller & Publicanliving at Station Road, Holywell. Near Abbey Farm at Holywell is thesite of the former Abbey Wire Mill, formerly operated by the ParysMine Co. Here, brass and copper wire was produced for use in themanufacture of nails and pins. This ended in 1901 and the site hassince been transformed into a pleasant garden. The brass works of thecompany consisted of eight roasting furnaces, a rolling mill and aniron foundry and vats. The manufactured brass sheet/bars were sent tothe brass mill after they are cut, where they were rolled just as thecopper was at the copper mill, with the difference that one alwaysrolls brass cold. It is heated, allowed to cool, then rolled severaltimes, and this procedure is repeated until the brass reaches theproper thickness.

The annealing of the brass takes place in an annealing furnace, whichis five feet long, four feet wide and six feet high, and which can beclosed with a trap door, which consists of an iron frame lined withbricks. A hearth on which anthracite is fired is brought to each sideof such a furnace, and the smoke flows through an opening in thevaulting of the furnace into the chimney flue, which encloses theentire furnace. The sheets are put on iron wagons, which stand on atrestle which, in turn, is put on a movable spindle on which ironrails are fixed for the wheels of the wagon to run on. The trestle isat the same height as the base of the furnace. The trestle holds twosuch wagons, with one loaded with sheets standing outside, while theother is inside the furnace. When the sheets on the latter aresuitably annealed, the wagon, with the help of two winches, which arefitted on the axle, is pulled onto the trestle, and one turns it sothat the other loaded wagon can be pushed into the furnace.

The rolled sheets are hammered out into vessels of a wide variety ofsizes, in particular, however, bowls, called Neptune's cups, weremanufactured and used in trade round the coast of Guinea inexceptionally large quantities. The bowls usually have a diameter of28 - 31 inches, are four inches deep and have an equally wide rim.They are exceptionally thin, so that they resemble tinsel.

According to the LDS record for Ellen Holland he lived at Greenfieldas a Collier Circa 1874. This latter information is unconfirmed.