James Frackleton Holland (1837 - 1916)

Born 17 Apr 1837 in Bleary Townland, County Down, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Jane Whaley — married 10 Mar 1874 in Presbyterian Church, Christchurch, New Zealand

Husband of Hilda (Battye) Holland — married 27 Sep 1909 in Canterbury, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 11 May 1916 at age 79 in Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Biography

Birth

James was born on 17 April 1837 in Bleary Townland, County Down, Ireland. He was the son of Robert Holland and Eleanor Fulton.

Like his brother Samuel he emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand, settling in Canterbury.

From NZ Herald article, 2018. The Cyclopedia of New Zealand recorded that between soon after his arrival in New Zealand in 1868, and 1873, Holland worked for Marmaduke Dixon snr at Dixon's farm inland from Kaiapoi.

Holland later farmed with his brother, Samuel, at what was known as Kaiapoi Island, then on his own account. He joined the Druids in 1879 and became chairman of the lodge the following year.

Marriage 1

On 18 March 1874 Annie Jane Whaley and James Holland were married. ^[1]

Children

Children born to Annie Jane Whaley and James Holland ^[2]

1882/19097 Robert

1885/7097 William John

1887/13255 Samuel Fulton

On 16 April 1904 Ann Jane Holland passed away in Kaiapoi, aged 55. ^[3]

Marriage 2

On 27 September 1909 Marion Battye and James Frackleton Holland were married. ^[4]

Death

James (79) and Marion (30) were killed in 1916 in a brutal unsolved murder in Kaiapoi. ^[5]
THE KAIAPOI MURDER

INQUEST HELD TO-DAY. NO CLUE TO MYSTERY. IMPORTANT MEDICAL EVIDENCE. The adjourned inquest on the deaths of James Frackleton Holland and Marion Holland, the victims of the Kaiapoi tragedy on May 11, wascommenced in the Courthouse at Kaiapoi this morning.

WHAT WAS ELICITED AT THE INQUEST - THE TRAGEDY A GREATER MYSTERY THAN EVER The Police are Puzzled, and Perplexed .^[6]
THE CORONER'S FINDING. The Coroner said the case was one of those strange crimes which occasionally crop up and leave no loophole for the discovery of a motive. The verdict was "That each of the deceased, James Frackleton Holland and Hilda Marion Holland, died at Kaiapoi on or about Thursday, May 11, 1916, and that each of the deceased died from shock and hemorrhage or the brain, the result of injuries inflicted upon them, and that the injuries were inflicted upon each of them by some person or persons unknown to the Coroner."

Sources

1. ↑ NZBDM marriages 18/3/1874 1874/7645 Annie Jane Whaley, James Holland
2. ↑ New Zealand Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online search
3. ↑ NZBDM deaths 16/4/1904 1904/1471 Holland, Ann Jane, 55Y
4. ↑ NZBDM marriages 27/9/1909 1909/4100 Marion Battye, James Frikolton (sic) Holland
5. ↑ Sun, Volume III, Issue 713, 24 May 1916
6. ↑ NZ Truth, Issue 572, 3 June 1916

• NZ Herald Article - 17 Jun, 2018 - Cold case: Bloodied iron bar stashed under shed after Kaiapoi killings in 1916. This article refers to Cyril as the son, although reports in 1916 did not make such a reference.