John Frederick HOLDAWAY + Mary Ann Emma KIRBY ‏[Polly]‏
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Roy HOLDAWAY
Birth 25 December 1894 26 21
Death 3 July 1966 ‏(Age 71)‏ -- Blenheim, New Zealand
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Gladys Annie HOLDAWAY
Birth 29 January 1896 27 22
Death 25 January 1981 ‏(Age 84)‏
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Eunice Mildred HOLDAWAY
Birth 21 March 1899 30 25
Death 21 June 1978 ‏(Age 79)‏
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John Frederick HOLDAWAY
Birth 11 September 1868 31 20
Death 21 October 1949 ‏(Age 81)‏
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James HOLDAWAY
Birth 9 October 1836 32 25 -- Lasham, Hampshire, England
Death 7 September 1910 ‏(Age 73)‏ Age: 73 -- Blenheim, New Zealand
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Elizabeth Mary Jane EYLES
Birth 21 August 1848 27 25 -- Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Death 15 November 1922 ‏(Age 74)‏ Age: 76 -- Blenheim, New Zealand

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Mary Ann Emma KIRBY ‏[Polly]‏
Birth 25 September 1873
Death 28 April 1964 ‏(Age 90)‏

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MarriageReligious Marriage
29 March 1894 Blenheim, New Zealand

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Nativity Church
Globally unique Identifier 82480B8058EBDC119988000C765B1A15B2CA
Last Change 5 August 2010 - 16:14:19 - by: Twiggy

Note 		!Taken from cutting in the Marlborough Express in 1944. ‏(Given to me Mary H. on Sunday 29th Sept. 2002 by granddaughter Doreen Yule)‏.

"GOLDEN WEDDING"
Mr and Mrs John HOLDAWAY
A very pleasant gathering of friends and relations met at the residence of Mr and Mrs John HOLDAWAY, Dillon's Point, yesterday, to celebrate the occasion of their golden wedding. Mrs HOLDAWAY, at the age of four, arrived in Blenheim direct from England with her parents, the late Mr and Mrs J.S. Kirby. Mr HOLDAWAY was born at Dillon's Point in 1869, and has spent his lifetime there. He has been a successful farmer of the pioneering days, overcoming all the difficulties of floods and droughts and the breaking-in of swamplands. That of course, was the lot of the early settlers, and just how Mr and Mrs HOLDAWAY faced up to those problems is indicated by the very high standard farm which they have to show for their endeavours. It is being carried on now by their son Mr Roy HOLDAWAY.
The family, who were all present for the occasion, are Mr Roy HOLDAWAY, of Blenheim, Mrs Rupert Pike ‏(Hamilton)‏ and Mrs Leslie Way ‏(Wellington)‏. In addition there are nine grandchildren and one great- grand child.
Mr HOLDAWAY's hobby is Maori curios, of which he has a fine collection.

GOLDEN WEDDING
HOLDAWAY -- KIRBY --- At the Church of the Nativity, Blenheim, by Archdeacon Grace, on March 29, 1894: Mary Anne Kirby, eldest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs J.S. Kirby, of Blenheim to John F.E. HOLDAWAY, eldest son of the late Mr and Mrs James HOLDAWAY, of Dillon's Point.