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Caroline HOLCOMB
Abt 1818 - 1890 (~ 72 years)
Has 31 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Caroline HOLCOMB Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1818 Boxgrove, Sussex, England 
Gender Female Disability Deaf - There was a column on the census form which should have indicated deafness from 1851. There is nothing to indicate that Caroline was deaf in 1851 or 1861, but in 1871 she was recorded as "deaf from birth"! She was also recorded as deaf in 1881.
Was a mistake made in 1871? Possibly, but I think it more likely that she was born with a hearing defect, not severe enough to be noted in the earlier censuses, but which had become significant by 1871.
Occupation From 1851 to 1881 Boxgrove, Sussex, England Washer woman - Recorded as a washer woman in 1851 and 1861 censuses, as a laundress in 1871 and 1881.
Died Jun Q 1890 Westhampnett Reg Dist, Sussex, England - GRO ref: q2 1890 MARTLEW, Caroline; Westhampnett RD 2b 234, aged 73
Buried 9 Jun 1890 St. Mary and St. Blaise Church, Boxgrove, Sussex, England - From SFHG db, accessed 17 Jun 2012
Entry shows MARTLEW, Caroline, aged 78
(I suspect the entry shows her age as 73 - a 3 can easily look like an 8)
Siblings2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
James HACOM, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandfather)
Mary INKPEN, b. Abt 1722, d. 1787, Boxgrove, Sussex, England (Age ~ 65 years) (Great Grandmother) Notes - (Research):Described as daughter of Joseph Bailey in the 1851 census - though this could have been inaccurate and meant step-dau (Joseph was the husband of Caroline's mother Elizabeth)
Living in same house but separate household to widower Joseph Bayley in 1861
Although I have attached Caroline's 3 illegitimate children attached to one unknown father, they may have had 2 different fathers (can't be 3 fathers as 2 of the children were twins!).
Person ID I10340 All Last Modified 25 Mar 2023
Father James HACOM, bap. 19 Apr 1779, St. Mary and St. Blaise Church, Boxgrove, Sussex, England , d. Between 1821 and 1822 (Age ~ 41 years) Mother Elizabeth TAPNER, b. Abt 1780, bur. 1 Oct 1855, St. Mary and St. Blaise Church, Boxgrove, Sussex, England (Age ~ 75 years)
Other Partners: Joseph BAYLEY m. 1822Married 9 Aug 1812 St. Mary and St. Blaise Church, Boxgrove, Sussex, England - From SFHG Marr Index
HOLCOMBE, James to TAPNER, Elizabeth; marr by banns;
Tony Holkham's index shows witnesses as Hannah Holcombe and R Broadbridge
Family ID F4898 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 [ - ? - ], d. Yes, date unknown Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Children3 children Last Modified 25 Mar 2023 Family ID F4895 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 James MARTLEW, b. Abt 1818, Boxgrove, Sussex, England , d. Jun Q 1858, Chichester Reg Dist, Sussex, England (Age ~ 40 years) Married Jun Q 1857 Westhampnett Reg Dist, Sussex, England - Caroline had a Holcomb illegit dau in 1852/3 and was a widow by 1861.
The 1861 census shows her as "Caroline Bennett" but the 1871 and 1881 censuses give her surname as Martlew, as does the registration of her death, so she does not appear to have remarried after James died.
GRO ref: q2 1857 HOLCOMB, Caroline; MARTLEW, James; Westhampnet RD 2b 461
Last Modified 22 Oct 2013 Family ID F4894 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 3 BENNETT, d. Bef 8 Apr 1861 Married Between 1858 and 1861 Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Last Modified 25 Mar 2023 Family ID F6024 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- There was a column on the census form which should have indicated deafness from 1851. There is nothing to indicate that Caroline was deaf in 1851 or 1861, but in 1871 she was recorded as "deaf from birth"! She was also recorded as deaf in 1881.