1841 census

Finally decided to splash out and subscribe to Origins to gain access to the 1841 census indexes and images that they host. By no means complete yet, but several key Hollier counties are there: Somerset, Warks, Staffs, Leics. A number of 'familiar faces' appear, while a few unknowns turn up to provide a few new puzzles. In the case of the "Spoon Polisher Holliers" from Birmingham, the family shown proves my previous hunches based on later censuses. I was also pleased to see James Hollyer (shown as Hollier) in Coventry, the victualler of the Unicorn pub in The Burgess, who I already had records of from Trade Directories and Voters Lists. He seems to have separated from his wife, Susannah, who I couldn't find, though she and her daughter turn up in Coventry in the 1851,61 and 71 censuses - though just to keep me puzzled (for some years!), in the 1851 census, both Susannah and her daughter Susannah, usually shown as Hannah and Susannah, were transcribed as Sarah and Sarah. Anyway, James seems to be the last of the Coventry Hollyers to actually live there. The rest had moved to London and Glamorgan, and ultimately the line flourishes today in the USA.