Kelly Knowles

Kelly Knowles from Canada responded to my HOLLYER-L list message (which was informing the list of this Blog). She'd managed to lose the family tree I sent her in 2003 and wanted another copy. No problem! Kelly is from a line descending from Walter Hollyer (1853-1924), who served in the British Army in India and the UK. When he retired from the Army he became Private Secretary to Colonel Hay Drommond at Cromlix, Dunblane, in Scotland. He and his wife Rose Ann had 15 children and in many ways he was the epitomy of Victorian respectability. However, my researches have shown that he was born illegitimately (with a false birth certificate) and was himself a bigamist. Colourful people like this add to the interest of the One-Name Study! Walter himself came from the same Kent Hollyer family as my own ancestry.