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HOLBORN, Christopher
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Name HOLBORN, Christopher Birth 1824 Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk
Gender Male Death 22 Oct 1875 Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA
Person ID I6175 Edgoose Last Modified 4 Feb 2026
Father HOLBORN, James, b. 1787, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk
d. Yes, date unknown Mother JOHNSON, Ann, b. 19 Aug 1788, Middleton, Norfolk, England
d. 1842, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk
(Age 53 years) Marriage 28 Dec 1812 Middleton, Norfolk, England
Family ID F1370 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 EASON, Ann, b. 1816, Cowbit, Lincolnshire, England
d. Between 1848 and 1850, USA
(Age 32 years) Marriage 4 Aug 1844 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Children 1. HOLBORN, Ann, b. 1846, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F2367 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 PROBERT, Mary Ann, b. 14 Sep 1820, England
d. 18 May 1908, Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA
(Age 87 years) Children 1. HOLBORN, Christopher, b. 3 Dec 1852, New York, USA
d. 26 Sep 1914, Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA
(Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. HOLBORN, James, b. Abt 1855, Connecticut, USA
d. 20 Sep 1927, Pierre, Hughes County, South Dakota, USA
(Age 72 years)3. HOLBORN, Laura, b. Dec 1857, Wisconsin, USA
d. Yes, date unknown4. HOLBORN, Timothy, b. 10 May 1861, Wisconsin, USA
d. 5 Jun 1884, Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA
(Age 23 years)Family ID F2368 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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CHRISTOPHER HOLBORN 1824-1875
Christopher HOLBORN was born on 24 June 1822.
(WI GenWeb Project, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Columbia County, Wisconsin)
Note: This date is uncorroborated and is at variance with his age at the time of the 1841 census of England and Wales.
Christopher, son of James and Anne (sic) HOLBORN of Terrington, was baptised at Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk, on 16 June 1824. His father James HOLBORN was a bricklayer.
(www.freereg.org.uk)
From the 1841 census of Perkinfield, Terrington St. Clement, Norfolk:
James HOLBORN, aged 50, bricklayer, born in Norfolk;
Ann HOLBORN, aged 50, born in Norfolk;
Harriet HOLBORN, aged 20, born in Norfolk;
*Christopher HOLBORN, aged 17, born in Norfolk;
William HOLBORN, aged 7 months, born in Norfolk.
(HO107/770/4/24/12)
The marriage between a Christopher HOLBORN of full age, bachelor, bricklayer, son of James HOLBORN bricklayer and an Ann EASON of full age, spinster, daughter of John EASON, labourer, took place at Pinchbeck Parish Church in Lincolnshire on 4 August 1844. Witnesses were Elisha HOLBORN and Francis WALLING P.C. (parish clerk in 1851)
(GRO September Q 1844 Spalding 14 747)
Ann, daughter of Christopher and Ann HOLBORN of Pinchbeck Bars, labourer, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 23 August 1846.
(PR)
(GRO September Q 1846 Spalding [which includes Pinchbeck] 14 534)
Robert HOLBORN aged 34; Christopher HOLBORN, a 24 year old mason; Ann HOLBORN, aged 30 (presumably Christopher's wife); and an infant Ann HOLBORN (presumably their daughter) arrived in New York, USA, from Liverpool on the ship Nathaniel Hooper on 30 May 1848.
(www.ancestry.com: Passenger Lists 1820-1957)
From the 1850 US Federal Census of Hartford, Connecticut, taken on 27 August 1850:
*Christopher HOLBURN (sic), aged 26, mason;
Ann HOLBURN (sic), aged 4;
Note: There was no trace of his wife Ann who would seem to have died after 30 May 1848 and before 27 August 1850.
From the 1870 US Federal Census of Lodi, Wisconsin, taken on 20 August 1870:
*Christopher HOLBORN, aged 52, farmer, born in England, value of real estate $3000, value of personal estate $150;
Mary A. HOLBORN, aged 50, keeps house, born in England;
Christopher HOLBORN, aged 17, stone mason, born in New York;
James HOLBORN, aged 15, at home, born in Connecticut;
Laura HOLBORN, aged 12, at home, born in Wisconsin:
Timothy HOLBORN, aged 9, at home, born in Wisconsin;
Ann RING, aged 23, at home, born in England.
(M593_1706 188B)
Christopher HOLBORN was supposedly born on 24 June 1822 and died on 22 October 1875. He was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin.
(WI GenWeb Project, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Columbia County, Wisconsin)
(Find-A-Grave)
NOTES & QUERIES
When and where did he marry Mary Ann?
Was her maiden name PROBERT?
(revised 10.05.2012)

