Notes:

From his nephew?s (Elmer Howard) family history:

He was no different. He never married, seemed to be sort of a retiring nature and kept to himself. He made a living here and there, and was always well dressed and smart looking. From web site of Curtis Boyle, Jan. 2011.

Birth:
1901 census.

Buried:
Buried at Lot ID G-W13- 64-. From Curtis Boyle web site, Jan., 2011.

Notes:

obit in Markdale Standard p5.

Birth:
1851 census gives age 15yrs. 1901 census gives 1834, not '36. 1911 Census gives Nov 1834, German ancestry. so will use 1834 instead of 1836.

Died:
HOLLEY, John, m, Aug. 31, 1917, 84 years, Canada, cause ? senile decay, farmer of Lot 19 Conc. 10, Artemesia, interment at Meaford Road Cemetery, parents ? Adam Holley & Sarah Chenie, infm ? Charles Holley of Flesherton. Artemesia Tp. (Grey Co) 013623-17

John married HARVEY, Hannah Margaret on 27 Sep 1859 in Grey Co., Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of HARVEY, Robert and CHRISTNER, Barbara) was born on 17 Jul 1837 in Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Mar 1917 in Vandeleur, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hannah Margaret Holley

Notes:

Birth:
Her baptism in 1856 according to Curtis Boyle, gives her birthdate. Although on the 1901 census, it gives 16 July 1838, age 62.

Died:
HOLLEY, Hannah Margaret, f, Mar. 31, 1917, 79 years 8 months, Canada, cause ? broncho pneumonia,14 months heart weakness, interment at Artemesia, father ? Mr. Harvey, infm ? Ed Holley of Meaford. Artemesia Tp. (Grey Co) 013610-17

Notes:

lived SW half, Lot 23, 4th Con.,Albion Twp.,pre 1837-1851 (near Centreville) [There is a small road on next door property called Mill Lane]

Adam's brother John lived at Lot 22, 3 Conc. Albion Twp. Peel Co. [we are still assuming they are brothers 2013].

lived Lot 132 & 133, 3rd Con.,Artemesia 1852 on.

The Centreville Primitive Wesleyan Cemetery is located on W 1/2 of Lot 23, Con. 4, Albion Twp. (this just happens to be the land which Adam HOLLEY owned in the 1830's)

Adam married CHEAVIN, Sarah about 1831 in Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of CHEAVIN, William Sr. and TUGBY, Mary) was born about 1814 in New York, USA; died about 1855 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sarah Holley

Notes:

maiden name is writen as Chenin ??? on son John's death cert. in 1917.

Name:
Elaine Hutton in 2010 has shown that it is most likely that Sarah's maiden name was Cheavin, and her father was William.

Birth:
Her daughter Sarah Sanders gives NY as the birthplace for her mother on the 1880 census.

Died:
It is possible that Sarah died at the land in Albion Twp., Peel Co. W1/2 Lot 23, Conc. 4, and is buried in the Centreville Primitive Wesleyan Cemetery on the same property.

Robert married CHRISTNER, Barbara est 1831 in Ontario, Canada. Barbara (daughter of CHRISTNER, Benjamin and MCKENZIE, Margaret) was born est 1815; died est 1880 in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Barbara Harvey

Notes:

John was set up on a clergy lot by his father, this lot was lot # 29 on the west bank of the Humber. John died intestate in 1815,He had built a mill on the property and after his death this was operated for the benifit of his widow by a joint trust of David Holley and Christian Christener. There is reference that John was married to Veronica Frainie Johns. who would have been his first cousin. and that they married in Somerset but John would have only been age 20 when they came to U.C..

Birth:
from Loren L. Johns 2010 email.

Died:
from Loren L. Johns 2010 email. Also noted in Probate Papers filed by his father, David Holly Sr..

John married SCHANTZ [JOHNS], Frances Veröne est 1808 in Ontario, Canada. Frances (daughter of SCHANTZ, Joseph and HöLLE, Veröne) was born on 22 Jan 1786 in Berlin, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Oct 1869 in Peru, Miami, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Frances Veröne Holly

Notes:

Birth:
from Loren L. Johns 2010 email.

Died:
from Loren L. Johns, 2010 email.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _ADDR: Between 1817 and 1820, Young Street, York, Ontario, Canada
• _ADDR: Abt 1821, Conc. 2, Lot 22, Albion Twp., Peel, Ontario, Canada
• Will: 05 Apr 1853, Albion Twp., Peel, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church.

Received Patent for this land in an Order in Council, originally dated from 26 Feb., 1819.

Birth:
Much of this information comes from Elaine Hutton who obtained details from Brenda Laking following a meeting in April 2010.

_ADDR:
Possibly around Thornhill.

_ADDR:
Near to Adam Holley who is later living at Conc. 4, Lot 23.

Will:
Refers to himself as William Cheavin (no 's').

Died:
There was an announcement in the Christian Guardian death notice:- March 8, 1854, p. 84, O.

William married TUGBY, Mary on 05 Jan 1806 in St Mary, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Mary was born est 1788 in Nottinghamshire, England; died est 1871 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Cheavin

Notes:

In the St Mary's Church records in Nottingham where Mary's marriage is recorded, there is another earlier marriage for Hosea Tugby m. to Mary Northall on 10 June 1787. These may be the parents.

Name:
This is the bride associated with the LDS IGI individual marriage record to William Chevin in 1806.

Notes:

Married:
Nottinghamshire Parish Registers (1900) on archive.org. William Chevin marriage to Mary Tugby.

Benjamin married MCKENZIE, Margaret est 1810 in Etobicoke, York, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born about 1787 in Scotland; died about 02 Oct 1862 in Etobicoke, York, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Margaret Christner