Hollies - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: tony@matthews92.fsnet.co.uk

fionasheffield — 2009-01-29 10:07:58Z

I have Hollies in my family tree, from Halesowen area...it's a bit of a struggle though.....have you info on any of them? In partcular, James and Sylvia Hollies and children?

DNA Research Family History

davidhollister5 — 2006-03-17 11:37:01Z

Some 20 years ago I commissioned a company to search the Heraldic records to see if there was a coat of arms associated with my surname Hollister.

According to Macaulay Mann Heraldry the name was " Originally a local name meaning 'dweller near the holly trees', Adam atte Hollies (atte Holyed), Subsidy Rolls, Co Worcester 1275. A coat of arms is associated with it and can be found in the work of reference "Feudal Coats of Arms" Page 133. The Blazon for the Coat of Arms reads "Or a cross gules".
According to the Gloucester Record Office Gloucestershire came under Worcestershire mid 16th Century.

The company no longer exists but I guess the implication is that a person bearing your surname held that coat of arms in the year 1275 and that my surname was derived from Hollies or maybe a developed variant.

The reason I am mentioning this is that a recent development in DNA testing is being applied to the field of family history. The Hollister project has just got off the ground and if any interested Hollies started a project for their surname it would be very interesting to compare the results with ours to see if we had a common ancestor.

Full details can be found on website www.familytreedna.com.

thomas hollies in halesowen, worcs.

fionasheffield141 — 2004-11-11 11:28:37Z

I'm trying to find out more about Thomas Hollies born abt.1860 gorsty hill , halesowen. He was an engineering fitter with brothers and sisters. I have a marriage cert stating his father was james Hollies, a fruiterer, but I can't find any info on census about them. Can anyone help?
thanks Fiona

Re: tony@matthews92.fsnet.co.uk

2003-11-02 08:36:02Z

Hi Mary,
Could you supply a little more information please ? Such as where abouts your Grandparents were married.
Regards, Tony.

Re: tony@matthews92.fsnet.co.uk

madarn4_1 — 2003-11-01 21:52:50Z

HI MY NAME IS MARY C. [PORTER]GARNER I AM TRYING TO MY FAMPLY TREE MY GRANDMOTHER WAS HOLLIES BEFOR SHE GOT MARRED TO JAMES PORTER IN 1909 THANK YOU SO MUCH

HOLLIES/HOLLIS in the Dudley area of Worcestershire, England

tonibunny — 2002-11-11 16:26:32Z

tony@matthews92.fsnet.co.uk

matthewshollies — 2002-09-08 16:53:13Z

Interested in the HOLLIES surname from Halesowen and Northfield / SellyOak,Worcestershire