Holman (nee Hodge), Millicent

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Type of person	Individual
Date of birth	1794
Place of birth	Wendron, Cornwall, England
Date of arrival	1839
Principal occupation	Wife and mother
Date of death	1853
Place of decease	Willunga, South Australia

Millicent (Melicent) Hodge was born on 19 Jan 1794 at Wendron, Cornwall, England. She was the daughter of Edward Hodge (1763-1819) and Millicent (nee Pascoe) (1767-1853). Religion – Wesleyan Methodist (Uniting Church).

John Holman, aged 23 years, married Millicent (nee Hodge), also aged 23 years, on 11 Dec 1818 in Wendron, Cornwall. They arrived at Port Adelaide from Liverpool with eight of their children (3 sons and 5 daughters – marked *) from Crowan, Cornwall on 7 June 1839 aboard Sir Charles Forbes. Six of their children, all under the age of three, had died in Cornwall before they embarked for Australia. They had a total of fourteen children:

Philippa (1819-1856) * m. John Peterson at Holy Trinity Church in Adelaide on 28 Oct 1839

Mary (1820-1821) died as an infant

Elizabeth (1821-1856) * m. John Snoswell (1819-1873) on 2 Jan 1843 at Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide

Mary (1822-1860) * m. Sampson Bastian junior at the Wesleyan Chapel in Gawler Place, Adelaide on 20 March 1845

John (1823-1866) * m. Ann Bastian at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Willunga on 8 April 1851

James (1824-1826) died as an infant

Susanna (1826-1851) * m. William Higgins in 1843

James (1827-1903) * m. Susanna Atkinson at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Willunga on 12 Sept 1852

Jane (1828-1915) * m. (1st) Thomas Williams (1833-1863) in 1850 (2nd) Nicholas Luhning (1827-1871) in 1869 in Victoria (3rd) John Bell (1830-1896) in Victoria in 1873

William (1830-1903) * m. Juliana (Julianna) Davey in 1853

Henry (1832-1833) died as an infant

Edward (1833-1833) died as an infant

Henry (1835-1835) died as an infant

Grace (1836-1836) died as an infant

Millicent Holman (nee Hodge), aged 55 years, died on 12 March 1850.

Sources

• Passengers in History database SA Maritime Museum - Holman 1839
• SA 1841 Census returns. State Library of South Australia. pp.255-6
• South Australian Deaths Index of Registrations 1842-1915
• South Australian Gazette and Mining Journal 30 May 1850:3
• South Australian Marriages Index of Registrations 1842-1916

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