Hughina Jane (Munro) Hollands (1826 - 1915)

Born Oct 1826 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of William John Edward Hollands — married 4 Dec 1845 (to 1873) in Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 24 May 1915 at age 88 in Nerriga, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Hughina Munro was born in October 1826 and baptised on 30 Nov 1826 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.^[1] She was the daughter of William Munro and Annie MacKay.

Her family migrated to the Colony of New South Wales via the ship James Moran, which arrived on 11 February 1839.^[2]

She married William Hollands by banns at Sutton Forest All Saints Church on 4th December 1845.^[3][4]

They had a farm at Nerriga, New South Wales.

William died in 1875.^[5]

She died in 1915.^[6][7] She was buried in the Nerriga General Cemetery.^[8]

Obituary

Mrs. William Hollands, of Nerriga, Shoalhaven district, died last week, having lived to the ripe old age of 85 years. "Granny," as she was familiarly called, had lived on her farm for over 50 years and reared a large family, her husband predeceasing her by some 40 years. Mrs. David Henry, late of Cobargo, was a daughter of deceased.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth or Baptism: "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms"
   National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 048; Ref: 10/172
   ScotlandsPeople (accessed 23 March 2024)
   Hughina Munro born or baptised on 30 Nov 1826, daughter of Willm Munro & Ann MacKay Year, in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland.
2. ↑ Passenger List: "New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896"
   State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314; Reel: 1303
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1204 #481102 (accessed 23 March 2024)
   Name: Hughina Munro; Birth Year: abt 1827; Age: 12; Arrival Date: 11 Feb. 1839; Vessel Name: James Moran.
3. ↑ Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 23 Mar 2024), Index entry for WILLIAM HOLLANDS and HUGHINA MUNROE; Church code: CV (Berrima - Church of England); Registration Number: 374/1845 V1845374 30B
4. ↑ Marriage: "Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011"
   Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Baptism, Burial, Confirmation, Marriage and Composite Registers in the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney Archives
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 61177 #900486066 (accessed 23 March 2024)
   Hughina Munroe marriage to William Hollands on 4 Dec 1845 in Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia.
5. ↑ Probate: ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. (1873, May 7). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 1353. Retrieved March 23, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223103762
   In the goods of William Hollands, of "Wattle Grove, Nerriga, in the district of Braidwood, in the Colony of New South Wales, farmer, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given, that after the expiration of fourteen, days from the publication hereof in the New South Wales Government Gazette, application will be made to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, that letters of administration of the estate and effects of the abovenamed William Hollands, deceased, may be granted to Hughina Hollands, the widow of the said deceased.—Dated this 28th day of April a.d. 1873.
6. ↑ Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 23 Mar 2024), Index entry for HOLLANDS HUGHINA; Parents: WILLIAM & ; District: BRAIDWOOD; Registration Number: 7144/1915
7. ↑ Advertising (1915, June 7). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15582170
   In the Will of HUGHINA Hollands, late of Nerriga, in the State of New South Wales, Widow, deceased.—Application will be made after fourteen days from the publication hereof that Probate of the last Will of the abovenamed deceased may be granted to WILLIAM HOLLANDS and CLEMENT HOLLANDS, two of the Executors named in the said Will according to the tenor thereof (leave being reserved to HUBERT HOLLANDS, the other Executor named in the said Will, according to the tenor thereof, to come in and prove the same when he should be so advised)...
8. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #250527454 (accessed 23 March 2024)
   Memorial page for Hughina Jane Munro Hollands (Oct 1827-24 May 1915), citing Nerriga General Cemetery, Nerriga, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia (plot: 2); Maintained by Anne mullen (contributor 50472210).
9. ↑ LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS (1915, June 4). The Cobargo Chronicle (NSW : 1898 - 1944), p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109723605

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