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Olive Merritt, nee Holness 1940–2008 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Sep 1940

Birth Location: Prescot, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1-2 Jun 2008

Death Location: Margate, Canterbury, Kent, England

Father: Stephen Horness*Holness

Mother: Violet Rigden

Spouse(s): Colin (Capt)

Children(s):

In 1940, Olive Merritt, nee Holness entered the world in Prescot, Lancashire, England, born to Stephen Adolphus Horness Holness And Violet Kathleen Elizabeth Holness Nee Rigden. Olive Merritt, nee Holness married Colin Herbert Merritt Capt. Olive Merritt, nee Holness passed away in 2008 in Margate, Canterbury, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1940, Olive Merritt, nee Holness entered the world in Prescot, Lancashire, England, born to Stephen Adolphus Horness Holness And Violet Kathleen Elizabeth Holness Nee Rigden.
  • Olive Merritt, nee Holness married Colin Herbert Merritt Capt.
  • Olive Merritt, nee Holness passed away in 2008 in Margate, Canterbury, Kent, England.

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Children(s)

Olive Holness's Ancestors

Self
Olive Holness
1940–2008
Birth Place: Prescot, Lancashire, England
Parents
Stephen Adolphus Horness*Holness
1911–1972
Herne, Kent, England(reg Blean Kent)
Violet (Kathleen Elizabeth Holness, nee) Rigden
1914–2004
Blean, Kent, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Stephen Holness
1883–1960
Chislet, Kent, England
Florence Packman
1873–1959
Whitstable, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Oliver Holness
1847–1921
Mary Langdon
1853–1907
George Packman
1828–1897
Mary Smith
1843–1928
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Packman
1788–1865
Rebecca Coombes
1799–1864
James Smith
1816–1892
Mary Ward
1824–1897

Olive Holness's Timeline

2 Records

1940
22 Sep 1940
Birth of Olive Merritt, nee Holness in Prescot, Lancashire, England
Prescot, Lancashire, England
2008
1-2 Jun 2008
Age 68
Death of Olive Merritt, nee Holness in Margate, Canterbury, Kent, England
Margate, Canterbury, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1940
    Event Place: Prescot, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 8b, Page 1147

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Whitstable, Kent, England
    Record Source: England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2021, Greypower Deceased Data; Compiled By Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire, England; England and Wales Death Indexes

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1-2 Jun 2008
    Event Place: Margate, Canterbury, Kent, England
    Record Source: England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2021, Greypower Deceased Data; Compiled By Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire, England; England and Wales Death Indexes

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