The Hollyman English Ancestry Quest 2019, Part 5

by Glenn N. Holliman

Our travelogue of Hollyman ancestral sites continues....

Our Third Stop – The Swan Hotel

Bedford, Bedfordshire

May 18, 2019

On Saturday, May 18^th after visiting the former St. Mary’s church and the location of Thomas and his son Christopher’s home, we crossed back north over the River Ouse, observing the sculling boat as we walked to the historic Swan Hotel for lunch.

The above photo of the Swan Hotel, constructed in 1794, shows in the lower left corner a statue of a soldier from the Boer War, 1899-1902.  The hotel fronts the River Ouse.

A wedding reception was going on at one end of the restaurant, but we found tables and began chatting about what we had seen already.  Here are photographs of the lunch and some of our cousins, but not all, who were on the trip with us.  My apologies for the omissions as the camera failed to 'snap' everyone.

Allen Holleman of Raleigh, North Carolina shared a meal with new found cousins and friends, Di and Rod Holliman of Cheltenham, England.  Allen coordinated our 2016 Hollyman gathering in Isle of Wight, Virginia.

Right, Glenn Joiner, of Winter Garden, Florida, a descendant of Uriah Holliman, 1820-1862, of Alabama. To Glenn's left is Jim Holliman of Marion Junction, Alabama, a retired Auburn professor and cattleman.  Both these cousins share James Grantson Holliman, 1750-1836, as a common great grandfather.

  

Far left, cousin Mary Lippo from New Jersey joined a table of Texas cousins. Clockwise behind Mary is Marcia Holliman of San Antonio, Texas, founder of the city’s ballet company and Rob and Mary Ann Holliman Fenske also from Texas.  The young man is Marshall Cocke, formally of Oklahoma and now of San Antonio.  He is a grandson of Marcia.

Children and grandchildren of genealogist Walter O. Holliman, a descendant of James Grantson Holliman, shared a table.  Above, left to right, Paul and Teresa Holliman and their daughter Kimberly, from the Los Angeles area.  Far right is Ann Holliman Krueger, an international teacher now resident in Sicily. 

Below beginning left clockwise, Elisabeth Ahrens, Alison Marlowe, Matthew and Bryan Holliman (obscured).   In the back ground is a wedding reception.  Cousins on the right identified in the former photograph.

Above foreground is Dr. Jim Holliman and wife Karen of Hershey, Pennsylvania.  Jim is the son and grandson of genealogists Dr. Rhodes B. and Cecil Rhodes Holliman.  Background is Susan G. White (in a white sweater) and her friend Diane Gilkenson, traveling together exploring Gallier and Holliman ancestral venues.  The stories of Susan’s dynamic ancestral Virginia grandmothers have been published in the blog: http://hollimanfamilyhistory.blogspot.com. 

Just to prove I was along on the trip, I include a picture of my sister, Becky of Tennessee, and moi from Newport, Pennsylvania.  Our father was Homer Bishop Holliman (1919-2018). He descended in order from Ulyss, John Thomas, Uriah, Cornelius, James Grantson, Samuel, Richard and finally Christopher (1618-1691) and his father Thomas of Sherington and Bedford.

Let’s close with a photograph of the English swans (all owned by the Queen) swimming in the River Ouse under a Horse Chestnut tree in bloom.

Next Article, we venture further back in time to Sherington, Buckingshire to learn more about Thomas and his father, the first Christopher Hollyman!