Birth: 11 January 1904 Westcott, Surrey, UK
Father: James Taylor 1864-1945
Mother: Celia Hannah Overington 1865-1943
Christening: 21 February 1904 Holy Trinity, Westcott, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 24 July 1926 St Peter and St Paul, Ewhurst, Surrey, UK
Husband: William Leonard Holden 1905-1979
Death: 11 July 2000 East Surrey Hospital, Earlswood, Surrey, UK.
Jean Leonora Holden [Barton] 1926-2003
May Helena Holden [Rogers] 1931-1997
Winifred C Holden 1932
Michael J Holden 1935
Diana Alice Holden 1937
Birth of Violet Taylor in FreeBMD in January-March 1904 in Dorking (2a 183).
Entry in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Violet Taylor born 11 January 1904 baptised 21 February 1904 in Westcott, Surrey, parents James and Celia Hannah Taylor.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Violet Taylor born 11 January 1904, baptised 21 February 1904 at Westcott, Holy Trinity, parents James and Celia Hannah Taylor. "Page 170 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Westcott in the County of Surrey in the Year 1903 [...] Jan 11 '04 1904 Feb 21 Violet [parents] James, [a] Carrier, & Celia Hannah Holden [of] Westcott".
In the 1911 census as Violet Taylor aged 7, born in Westcott, Surrey, and living with her parents (James and Celia Hannah), brother (John) and sister (Alice) in seven rooms at Springfield Farm, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey.
Marriage of Violet Taylor and Leonard Holden in FreeBMD in July-September 1926 in Hambledon (2a 475).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Violet Taylor aged 22, father James Taylor, and Leonard Holden on 24 July 1926 at Ewhurst, St Peter and St Paul. "Page 5 [...] 1926 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Ewhurst in the County of Surrey. [No.] 10 July 24th 1926 Leonard Holden [aged] 21, [a] Bachelor [and] Soldier [of] 8 John the Baptist Dorking [father] Leonard Holden [a] Labourer, [and] Violet Taylor [aged] 22, [a] Spinster [of] Ewhurst [father] James Taylor [a] Bailiff. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England by Licence [...] in the Presence of James Taylor and Minnie Holden".
Her first daughter was born in Hambledon in 1926, two daughters in Dorking in 1931 and 1932, and son and daughter in SE Surrey in 1935 and 1937.
Nine entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Violet Holden addresses Glenside, Westcott, Dorking, Reigate in 1931 and 1932, other occupant Leonard Holden (husband?), Jasmine Cottage, Milton, Reigate from 1933 to 1935, other occupant Leonard Holden (husband?), and 10 Watson Road, Milton, Reigate from 1936 to 1939, other Leonard Holden (husband?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Violet Holden born 11 January 1904, married, and living with Leonard W Holden (husband?), Michael J Holden (son?), Diana Alice Holden (daughter?) and two others (daughters?) at 10 Watson Road, Dorking, Surrey.
Fourteen entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Violet Holden address 10 Watson Road, Milton, Reigate changing to Westcott, Milton, Dorking in 1949 from 1945 to 1961, other occupants Leonard Holden (husband?) from 1946, May H Rogers (married daughter?) in 1952, Michael J Holden (son?) from 1957, and Diana A Holden (daughter?) from 1958.
Entry in the Ancestry England and Wales, Death Index, for Violet Holden on 11 July 2000 aged 96 in Dorking, Surrey.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Violet Holden, born 11 January 1904, in July 2000 in East Surrey (ESF1 7551F 123).
There are twenty entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Violet Taylor adding her death at East Surrey Hospital.
Violet Taylor was the mother of Jean Leonora Holden, wife of Leslie Bernard John Barton, third cousin of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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