A Hollow Newsletter, Issue 7, September 2000
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A Hollow Newsletter No 7 September 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ Hello again over the age of 18 in Australia from microfiche in a In this edition, Hollow's terrace in Hayle is the library. Tom Barry has done the same thing in the U.K. subject of the Hollow History section and as usual a from a CD that is freely available. There is a website number of HOLLOWs feature in Hollow Spotting. We based in the U.S. in which you can feed in a name and continue to look at the distribution of HOLLOW and find out that persons birthdate. I have a list of hollow variants in the U.K. Thanks to Tom Barry for the HOLLOWs living in America from that source. analysis of data in the 1999 U.K. electoral roll. One of the problems with publishing names was the danger of unscrupulous people making contact Names on the Net posing as relatives and perpetrating some confidence Five years or so ago when I first put The trick. The information that such people would use is HOLLOW database on the net I decided that I more likely to come from sources other than the wouldn't publish the names of living people in it. I now HOLLOW database. think it is time to modify that decision. I would welcome your views on this. The idea of the webpages, and particularly the [email protected] database, was to find and help people who are HOLLOW spotting connected to or are researching the HOLLOWs or related families. To do James Hollow that effectively they have This photo to be able to find someone was sent from New they are connected to in Zealand. Written on the database. Currently of the back of it from the 5,500+ individuals in the original sender the database about half of is: "James Hollow them are "withheld". This 1862 of Trendeth, means that about half the Lelant near Hayle database unusable Cornwall - cousin of information grandmother of Other Frank Luke." genealogical databases on The owner the web have overcome of the photo, Trevor this problem by having Luke, wrote: "Frank every individual named but Luke was a son of my the living people have no grandfather's personal details other than brother Samuel Luke, their name included. This born Phillack 1841. increases the likelihood of He married Anna people identifying a link to West Pool, 11 Jul the database. People who 1870, Phillack." only know their parents or I looked for grandparents have a any James Hollow in greater chance of their 20s or early connecting to the 30s in the 1861 database. Currently a census. In Lelant person would have to know Town I found this a fair bit about their family: ancestors to connect in. William Hollow, For young people they 66, Head, mine would need to know three James Hollow 1862 from Trendeth, Lelant agent, b Lelant generations back, or more, Isabella Hollow, before the names of 64, wife, b relatives appear. Lelant People's names, home addresses and telephone Richard Hollow, 34, son, mine agent numbers are in the public domain now. I have just James Hollow, 30, son, mine agent collected the names and addresses of all the HOLLOWs Thomas Hollow, 22, son, mine agent The Hollow Log 1 I haven't got all the Hollows in the 1861 census remained unaccounted for - the Mystery, belonging to John but in the 1851 census there are two other James Paynter, and the Captain Peter, (John Quick). These like Hollows in the right age bracket, but neither from the Ellen Noall belonged to the smaller class of luggers carrying a crew of five each, and were thus not so well Lelant. The James from Lelant is there with his family able to withstand gales. Early in December a well-made and another brother, William aged 27 (in 1851), also a fishing boat, 30ft long, with nets and fish enclosed, drifted mine agent or mining agent. In the 1871 census of ashore at Stanbury Mouth, near Bude. The bows and stern Cornwall there is no sign of this James. were gone, and one mast remained in her; she was marked Does any body claim him? This is the oldest "S.S. 411": this was the registration number of the Hollow photo I have had for the newsletter. Mystery. Aboard her had been three sons aged 14, 19 of the owner (John Paynter), Daniel Hollow, aged 60, and Joseph Quick, who left a wife and three children. The loss Daniel Hollow of St Ives, fisherman. of one mast was attributed to the custom of using the foremast as a raft when caught in a gale, to keep the boat's There were actually quite a few fishermen or head to wind and stop her from drifting too fast. As far as mariners of St Ives called Daniel Hollow. Jenny can be traced, the Captain Peter was never found, and O'Donnell sent me the extract about this Daniel who seems to have been sunk at sea. As a result of this double lost his life in 1872. I am not sure where he fits in yet, tragedy ten fishermen were lost, with five widows and any suggestions welcome. fifteen orphans left unprovided for in the grief-stricken From "Yesterday's Town: St Ives" by Cyrill town." Noall, published by Barracuda Books Ltd., Buckingham, England, 1979 (page 26) "A disaster even worse than that of 1806 occurred Aussie HOLLOWs during a storm in November 1872. On the afternoon of the In Australia we have just produced the 2000 22nd (Friday) the fleet of mackerel and pilchard drivers Electoral Roll on fiche, a count of the HOLLOWs left harbour. Towards nightfall the wind freshened, and registered shows the following distribution. pilchard boats in the Bay made for the Pier, where all arrived by nine o'clock with small catches. The mackerel Victoria 106 persons in 62 households boats found it more difficult to get in. Most, nevertheless, South Australia, 47 (26) reached harbour by three a.m. on Saturday. New South Wales, 42 (25) Eight boats were still missing. At daybreak, one Western Australia, 27 (20) was seen about two miles off the Head, at anchor. A large Northern Territory, 6 (3) and powerful mackerel lugger, the Ebenezer, was at once Tasmania, 5 (4) manned, and ran down upon the distressed boat, which Queensland, 4 (4) proved to be the J.P.H., belonging to Capt John P. Hodge. Total, 237 (144) Her mizzenmast had been carried away at midnight when All Aussies over 18 have to register, voting is she was abreast of the old Wood Pier, and almost into compulsory. The figures are probably slightly under as safety. The crew dropped anchor, but the gale drove her to some 18 year olds leave it until an election is called seaward again. The Ebenezer took out the five men on board and left her at anchor until Sunday morning when before they register. she was successfully towed in. A total of 237 adult HOLLOWs stacks up The Boomerang came in on Saturday afternoon pretty well with the 286 listed by Tom Barry(see later with 6,000 fish, her crew completely exhausted after their article, page 3) in the mother country! A lot of long battle with the elements. Soon after this, news HOLLOWs migrated, there are 109 that Walter Hollow reached the town that the lugger Daniel, belonging to and I have found who migrated between 1838 and 1886 Daniel Couch, had and we know there are some who migrated that we have arrived at St In the St Ives Agnes with not found on the shipping lists. This list is to be found her sails carried on the Hollow website. away. Two parish records more boats - there are - the New Susan, Cyril Hollow Robert marriages between Welch, master, and a daughter of St Peter, Last edition's pic was an uncle of Keith Hollow William Daniel HOLLOW Mitchell, of Penzance. Cyril died in 1956 aged 43. Keith provided master -- after losing some background on Cyril. all their (fisherman) and a canvas, "Cyril worked with the Co-op from the age of brought up NOALL. It could within 14 and I believe originally started the bread delivery Towan Head, be another Daniel Newquay, round using a horse-drawn cart. My Dad tells me that on Saturday HOLLOW morning, his brother's earliest duties were feeding and bedding and were later warped however. down the horses at night; he learned to drive the into the pier there. motorised van when this was introduced and never had Another, the Two other Ellen Noall, owned by HOLLOW girls Simon to take a 'driving test' ! As far as I know, Cyril Noall, put married COUCHs, into operated in the same patch throughout his career and I Ilfracombe, all were connected after riding remember joining him and assisting on his 'round' in the for 24 hours with the sea. to a raft. Hayle area during my summer holidays from school in Two boats still the late 50's.” The Hollow Log 2 More Analysis of Hollow and Plymouth, 15), Somerset, Avon & Bristol (29). With significant numbers in Wiltshire (6), Hampshire (9 all in variations - this time the 1999 U.K. Basingstoke), Sussex (13), Kent (22) and the counties Electoral rolls. round London. There is an outpost in Ayrshire (15). See also Hollas. Hollow and related names in The United Kingdom Hollows seems to have declined somewhat relative to the name Hollow but is still well distributed, Newsletter 6 included an analysis of the the greatest contribution being in Lancashire (113), distribution of Hollow names in the United Kingdom as Cheshire (26), Yorks (32), County Durham (16, with 12 listed in the IGI.