Evelyn Catesby HOLLAND [459]

  General Notes:

Births.
Holland. February 26, at Norwood, the wife of Frederic Catesby Holland, of a son.
London Evening Standard 1 March 1882.

George Catrsby Holland
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 26 Mar 1882
Baptism Place: Lorrimore Square St Paul, Southwark, England
Father: Frederick Catriby Holland
Mother: Frances Holland
Register Type: Parish Registers

Evelyn C Holland
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1882
Departure Date: 1 Jun 1904
Port of Departure: London, England
Destination Port: Cape Town, South Africa
Ship Name: Fort Salisbury
Shipping Line: Bucknall Line
Master: J McMellan

Evelyn settled in South Africa.

Evelyn Cotesby Holland
Age: 40
Marital status: Bachelor (Single (Male))
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1882
Residence Place: Eagels Nest Petrusburg Dist. Boshof, South Africa
Marriage Date: 2 May 1922
Marriage Place: Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Marriage Place Notes: Cathedral Church of St Andrew & St Michael
Parish as it Appears: Bloemfontein
Spouse: Katherine Gwendoline David Kennelly
Occupation: Farmer
Collection: Bloemfontein: St Andrews Marriages, 1850-1938
Archive Name: Anglican Church Archives Wits
Page Number: 243
Entry Number: 240

Holland. Evelyn Catesby of Shottermill District Faunesmith South Africa died 9 November 1955 at the General Hospital Bloemfontein Orange Free State South Africa. Probate Bloemfontein to Katharine Gwendolyn David Holland. Effects. £2070 19 8 in England. Sealed London 9 November 1956.
National Probate Calendar.

  Other Records

1. Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, Hillside Leatherhead SRY. Evelyn is recorded as a son aged 9 a scholar born West Dulwich SRY

2. Evelyn Catesby Holland: Letter to Edward H T Liveing, 24 May 1922, South Africa.
Liveing Archive - Evelyn Catesby Holland. South African and Barnes postmarks.

Edward Liveing Esq
C/o Mrs A Smith
32 Beverley Rd
Barnes
London SW
England.
Please forward
Brookfield
Longstanton
Cambridge.

Eagles Nest
Petrus
OFS
May 24th 1922.
Dear Uncle Eddie
Thank you very much indeed for your letter and the £10¹ both of which were very welcome.
I am enclosing the blank cheque, endorsed according to the instructions printed at the bottom of as I suppose it is required by your Bankers.
I have no doubt that I shall have to stick at this proposition pretty hard. Unfortunately, or it seems so, we have had no rain since December & Nov, winter having commenced we are not likely to get any. I have taken over the irrigatable lands on this farm on the half share basis. The water is got from the Modder [?] River, across which we and the owner put a weir. It has always been regarded as certain that the river flows sometime in Mar and generally later but this year it has not done
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so, owing to the drought, the water which comes down coming from Tha'ba'ncher, near the Basutoland boarder, consequently I am likely to go short of water and so cannot put in much in the way of winter crops. I am putting in about 8 acres of oats to have barley and trying to establish about 4 more acres of lucerne, there being some 4 acres established we are trying the scheme for a year and if it looks like being profitable shall no doubt continue. We pump the water with a 29 hp National Producer gas engine, I think at this level it develops about 25 hp. I fancy it is the only payable way of raising water, costing about 7/6 to 10 shillings a day. It lifts about 30,000 gallons per hour. I have 9 cows and had hoped to make enough from these to keep the house going but as the veldt is so dry, and starting at this time I could of course grow no feed for this winter, they don't give any milk to speak of, I hope they may cover through the winter all right.
If we do manage to come home one of these days will we shall be delighted to come and see you both.
I shall be very interested to see the Torlesse pedigree and from the Liveing one and Aunt Fanny's book "Bygone Days" I find I am more Torlesse than Holland.
Yes the road certainly are pretty bad \endash the Free State roads are anathema to motorists \endash and hereabouts the sand is very bad. Still one can get about and cover distances impossible with cart and horses and I manage 40 to 45 miles to the gallon. However I don't go about much so the expenses are not great and the repair bill is kept down. Fords are very successful in this country but of course they use considerably more petrol and oil and there are 4 tyres to wear out, but are perhaps a bit more comfortable than a motorbike and sidecar, the latter not be a very sociable kind of thing as all one's attention is taken up with driving and looking where one is going.
The Wolseley sounds jolly nice. At present the limit of my ambitions in the motor line is a good second hand Ford. One can buy them cheap at present but the same applies to motorbike so I can't sell mine for enough to be able to get the Ford.
Gwen sends her best wishes, I have used £8/12 of the £10 in paying for our Anti Nuptual Contract.
From your ever affectionate nephew
Evelyn.
P.S. I am sending this to Dots to forward as I destroyed your letter before writing the address.

1. This letter was written 22 days after Evelyn & Gwen's marriage so the £10 was probably a wedding gift.

Evelyn married Katherine Gwendoline David KENNELLY [7065] [MRIN: 2348], daughter of John E KENNELLY [23625] and Katharine [23626], on 2 May 1922 in Bloemfontein SA. (Katherine Gwendoline David KENNELLY [7065] was born 3 Qtr 1891 in Wandsworth LND and was baptised on 11 Oct 1891 in All Saints Wandsworth LND.)