THE HOLLOW LOG Issue 41, December 2012 The Hollow Family Researchers’ Newsletter ISSN 1445-8772 Hollows in Uniform I NSI DE T H I S I SSUE Family history researchers must thank this custom of photographing service men and women in their uniforms Hollow Spotting Births still outnumbering deaths. often soon before they embark on the serious business of Amongst the deaths is another a particular conflict. I am always struck by the Hollow in uniform. youthfulness of them. Page 2 The photo at right is that of Kenneth Rogerley Hollow A Hollow Royal (1923 – 1997) he is descended from John Hollow and Connection Chesen Thomas who married in Zennor in 1695. His son Be warned, it is a remote connection. Mike provided the photograph and says “He served in Page 3 the Eighth Army in the Italy campaign and elsewhere, Records, they do not tell but I don’t have all the details”. The Eighth Army was a all of the story. British & Commonwealth Force, formed in North Africa Family historians do concentrate during 1941, where it fought and defeated the Afrika on records for births, marriages Korps. After the campaign in North Africa, the Eighth Army moved to Sicily and Italy. Later and deaths but often we need the some Units also served in Northern Europe. Mike hopes to get his father’s war records from insights and knowledge of family the ministry of defence and flesh out his father’s WWII experience. members or acquaintances to flesh out the full story. The two images below are from Adrian Hollow and they are his grandfather and father. His Page 4 A Tale of Two Graves Odd Spot of last issue presented the puzzle of one man two graves. Her is the solution but not really an explanation. Page 6 A Murder in Kent A shocking murder in 1932 furthers the story of the Hollow family who kept the name Tremayne in their line for generations. Page 7 Family Life in St Clement Newspaper reports give a glimpse of a tough life as a mason in St Clement in the 1840s and 50s. Page 9 grandfather, on the right was Andrew Hollow (1893 – 1958), son of Richard Whitford Hollow A Reputation Restored and Emily Berriman of Hayle. This family of Hollows is descended from William Hollow and Horace Hector Hollow/Cornwall Uslea Cock who married in Zennor in 1695. Andrew Hollow was a Corporal in the Royal was thought to be a NZ army Berkshire Regiment during WWI. he was awarded defaulter in WWI. Another the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and was example of jumping to the wrong badly wounded. He did get a disability pension conclusions with records. Page 10 because of his injuries. The DCM entitled him to an extra 6d a day for as long as the disablement pension continued. This increased and by 1956 it amounted to an extra 6/11 a week. The citation for his DCM at left. On the left above is his son and Adrian’s father Andrew Raymond Hollow. Known as Ray he served in the British Merchant Navy as a 1st Radio Officer during WWII. The Hollow Log, Issue 41 Page 1 Hollow Spotting Nikita. Mother-in-law to Tony, Craig (dec.), Sofie and Phai. Published in: Herald Sun Wednesday, 7 March 2012 Births HOLLOW Fanny (nee Vaughan) On Happy New Year Thursday 10th May 2012, peacefully at I omitted this Penmeneth House Care Home, Hayle, arrival in the last Fanny, aged 99 years of Hayle Wife of the newsletter for late Donald Hollow, mother of Gordon and which I apologise. Elizabeth and grandmother of Timothy and From Christopher Jamie. Funeral service at Hayle Methodist Hollow Church on Monday 21st May at 2.00 p.m. announcing the Followed by interment. arrival of his nephew. Published in the Western Morning News on 18th Christopher said, May 2012 “Sacha Luke HOLLOW The funeral service will take Turpin and was place on Thursday 6th December, 2012, in born at 8.40 in Treswithian Downs Crematorium, Camborne, Chelsea and Westminster hospital on New Years Eve. He at 11.00am, of Elizabeth Grace Hollow, who passed away weighed 9 lb and is 21 inches tall but his foot size brings the peacefully on Wednesday 21st November at Treliske Hospital words Big Foot to mind”. aged 88 years and her beloved husband George Denis Another Nephew Hollow, who passed away peacefully on Wednesday 28th I also had November at Camborne/Redruth Community the pleasure Hospital, aged 88 years of Hayle. of a new Published in the Western Morning News on 1st nephew, December 2012 Elijah Zane Death and an addition to Hollows in Edwards Uniform arrived on September HOLLOW, Neil S, born Mar 4, 1930, died 13, 2012, he June 30, 2012, served with the US Navy in the is the son of Korean War. Neil is buried at The Tahoma Ben and National Cemetery at Kent, King county, Tegan Washington, USA. Edwards, Found at http://www.findagrave.com Ben is the son of my sister Carol who is a very proud grandmother. Spotted by Di Wheeler in the Herald-Sun (Melbourne)- Deaths Ellen Hollow was mentioned last newsletter when the births HOLLOW. - Marjorie Joyce. 1926 - 2012 Passed peacefully of two grandchildren where listed. This time she pops up in a on 4.3.12 Loving wife of Cal (dec.). Mother of Jennifer (dec.), completely different context. ♣ David (dec.), Cathy, Barry, Janet and Geoffrey. Grandmother to Mitchell, Brooke, Simone, Joshua, Anastasia and The Hollow Log, Issue 41 Page 2 Odd Spot - A Hollow Royal Connection Some time ago Chris Hollow, a Hollow researcher in England, told me of a Hollow Hello There (Holla) family that married into an illustrious line. One of Chris’s traits as a family The DNA project is moving but history researcher is that he follows female lines as well as male lines. We all should do ever so slowly. Three tests have this but it does create issues for me when I am entering information into my one- been signed up for but so far no name database. When do I stop following a line when it no longer contains a Hollow? results to report. The tests actually come from each of the largest I confront this all the time but Chris takes the line where it leads him and in this case it Zennor Hollow families. The best led him to discover the illustrious links, that is, a royal connection. scenario would be if they proved to be the same, that is, they all share Bridget Holla (1730 – 1790) married Roger Watts in 1756 in Phillack, Cornwall. They the same ancestor. If not, all is not proceeded to have six children, and one son, George (1770 – 1843), married Mary lost as further Hollow tests may Pryor (1770 – 1858) in 1793 at Phillack. Chris believes that Mary Pryor’s father was show that the lines have been Arundell Pryor (1727 – 1803). Now the name Arundell is a famous one in Cornwall. broken at some point or that the two families are unrelated. Put “Arundell of Cornwall” into Google and you are given many references that start with things like “The Arundells are amongst the few Cornish families of Norman origin, and there Suffice to say we need more volunteers for testing. I have had are still fewer of French extraction who have for so long a period as at least five or six centuries been, several people express interest. I like them, traceable in that county”. A.L. Rowse, in his book Tudor Cornwall, described the hope you go on and purchase the Arundells as 'the richest and best-beloved of all Cornish families' in Tudor times. testing kit. Currently tests at Family Tree DNA are cheaper up until Chris found that Arundell Pryor descended from this Norman family, again by December 31st . following the female line. Arundell Pryor’s Hopefully I can give a fuller report mother was a Margaret Arundell (1704 – of the testing done in the next 1783) who had married a Richard Pryor Hollow Log. (1703 – 1757). Margaret Arundell’s father was John Arundall of Truthall (1670 -1716). Odd Spot Chris has followed back many generations See to right. of this Arundell family. This included some quite famous Arundells. Ralph Arundell was sheriff of Cornwall in 1259-60 and John The Hollow Family Arundell became Bishop of Exeter in 1502. Website Sir John Arundell fought for Henry VI at The website is updated on a the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 and his monthly basis now. In the Hollow grandson was one of those appointed to put Log, details of families are often down the Cornish rebellion of 1497-8. Two quite brief. You can use the Hollow Arundells served as stewards of the Duchy Database section on the website to get further details of individuals and of Cornwall in the sixteenth century and families. Arundells led Royalist troops during the Portrait in Westminster http://freepages.genealogy.rootswe Civil War. Abbey, thought to be of b.ancestry.com/~chollow/ Edward I But despite this great history it was not the Image from wikipedia.org Arundells who were directly connected the throne. John Arundell of Tolverne (11 Contact generations back from Mary Pryor) married Matilda Courtenay. Matilda was part of Colin Hollow edits the Hollow Log, the de Courtney family, an old French family, who came to England in the 1200s after comments and contributions are always welcome. quarrelling with Louis VII of France. From Matilda Courtney Chris followed through four generations of the de Courtneys and then following two more female lines Write to 2 Keeley Lane, Princes Hill, 3054, Victoria, Australia.