Birth: 1783 Horsforth, Yorkshire, UK
Father: James Holms (Holmes, Homes) 1754-1840
Mother: Hannah Hogg 1757-1817
Christening: 8 June 1783 Horsforth Chapel, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 12 April 1803 St Oswald, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Benjamin (Beniamin) Whitham (Witham, Whittam) 1776-1836
Death: April-June 1848 Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Elizabeth (Elezebeth) Whitham (Witham) 1803
Joseph Whitham (Wittam) 1805
Mary Whitham (Whittham) 1807
William Whitham (Whittham) 1810
Francis (Fanny) Whitham (Witham) [Waterhouse, (Watterhouse)] 1812-1899
Sarah Whitham (Witham) 1815-a1836
Ann Whitham (Witham) 1817
John Whitham 1819
Entry in the IGI for the christening of Hannah Holms on 8 June 1783 in Horsforth, Yorkshire, father James Holms.
The same information is in Baptism Registers for Horsforth Chapel 1780-1799.
Entry in Ancestry All West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for Hannah Holms baptised 8 June 1783 at Guiseley, St Oswald, father James Holms "Baptisms from March 25th 1783 to March 25th 1784 Horsforth Chappel [...] June [...] 8 Hannah Dau of James Holms".
Marriage of Hannah Holms and Benjamin Witham in the IGI on 12 April 1803 at Guiseley, Yorkshire. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973.
The same information is in Guiseley Marriages 1800-1809 adding both were of this parish and William Edmondson was a witness.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for the marriage of Hannah Holms and Benjamin Witham on 12 April 1803 at Guiseley, St Oswald. "The Year 18,3 Page 4 [...] No. 13 Benjamin Witham of this Parish and Hannah Holms of the same Married in this Church by Banns this twelvth Day of April in the Year One Thoufand Eight Hundred and Three [both made their marks] in the Prefence of Wm Edmonson".
All the children were christened in Horsforth. She was named Ann in the christening of Ann, otherwise Hannah.
Her husband died on 23 February 1836 in Bramley, and was buried in Lane Chapel, Bramley.
In the 1841 census as Hannah Whitham aged 60 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Yorkshire, employed as a dressmaker, and living with John (son?) and Emily (granddaughter? - aged 4, there is an Emily in the IGI chistened on 15 January 1837 at St Peter, Leeds, mother Mary Ann Whitham) at Backlane, Bramley, Leeds.
Entry in FreeBMD for the death of Hannah Whitam in April-June 1848 in Leeds (23 349).
Caroline Anne Ewles-Whitham has an entry for Hannah Holms born on 19 August 1776, father Joshua Whitham, born on 8 August 1783, married to Benjamin Whitham on 12 April 1803 at Guiseley, Yorkshire and eight children.
There are twenty four entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Hannah Holms/Holmes.
Guiseley is about 4 miles NW of Horsforth (a chapelry in the parish of Guiseley) which is about 5 miles NW of Leeds.
Hannah Holms was Felicity's third great grandmother.
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