Olive May (Williams) Holt (1885 - 1925)

Born 17 Jun 1885 in Eudunda, South Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas James Holt — married 1908 in Newtown, NSW

Died 2 Jul 1925 at age 40 in Sydney, NSW

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Biography

Olive Holt nee Williams was the mother of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt.

Olive May Willia,s was born in Eudunda, South Australia, in 1885, of a Cornish father, James Henry Williams, and a German mother, Annie Maria Berkholz (SA BMD Index 1885 356/168). She married Tom Holt in Newtown, NSW in 1908 and had two sons. She died in 1925 (BMD index NSW reg no 9721/1925 parents ___Williams & Annie)

• Death notices, SMH, Friday 3 July 1925:

HOLT. — July 2, 1925, at Sydney, Olive, beloved wife of Thomas J. Holt, and mother of Harold and Clifford. HOLT. — July 2, 1925, at Sydney, Olive, beloved daughter of Mrs. A. Pearce, and sister of Ethel Chesterman, Harold, and Vera Pearce.

Sources

Death notices, SMH, Friday 3 July 1925

Australian Dictionary of Biography

BDM indexes

Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Olive M Williams Spouse Name: Thomas J Holt Marriage Date: 1908 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Newtown, New South Wales Registration Year: 1908 Registration Number: 2287