ANN LOUISE GRAY 19.01.1815 TO 20.02.1874 sixth child and fourth daughter of John Gray and Elizabeth (Killett) Gray. Ann Louise Gray had 5 children.
Ann lived with John Billing who died in January 1895 and was buried on the 9th January 1895 in the Gympie Cemetery in Queensland.
16.04.1832 Marion Jane (Billing) was born to Ann Louise Gray and a John Billing. She became known as Marion Jane Atkins as her Mother Ann lived with Hayward Atkins for many years. Marion was christened on the 20th May 1832 at St. Phillips in Sydney. N.S.W. Marion married on 15th August 1866 to Joseph Dennis.
00.00.1868 – 12.05.1932 Marion J Dennis
00.00.1874 – 00.00.0000 Joseph Dennis
Ann Louise Gray commenced living with Hayward Atkins in 1834. They had four children.
31.05.1835 Hayward Atkins (Jnr.) married 02.01.1858 Selina Ada Davies.
04.11.1858 – 12.12.1859 Horatio E Atkins
15.07.1864 – 05.06.1939 Ada Ellen Atkins
00.00.1866 Twin stillborn female
00.00.1866 Twin stillborn female
08.05.1838 Ann Louise Atkins (2nd) married 1859 Walter Freeborn Westley
00.00.1859 – 09.05.1946 Herbert W
00.00.1861 – 00.00.1861 Female
00.00.1863 – 27.11.1877 Ada M
23.05.1865 – 29.11.1879 Annie E
30.06.1840 Robert Atkins married 27.08.1870 Hannah Paul
00.00.1871 – 15.09.1941 Robert P
04.10.1872 – 12.02.1890 Edith A
30.09.1874 – 15.05.1954 Harry E
17.09.1876 – 26.11.1948 Frederick
13.08.1878 – 21.11.1944 Arthur E
19.04.1880 – 02.10.1954 Florence
21.10.1881 – 21.01.1882 Emily M
07.10.1884 – 28.08.1946 Harold G
06.07.1886 – 10.11.1957 Eric St. Ledger
09.05.1888 – 06.03.1943 Mary Del
09.04.1849 – 28.07.1932 Charlotte Emily Atkins married 1869 Phillip Joseph Holdsworth b. 12 January 1849.*
16.09.1870 – 00.00.1951 Philip Risby Joseph Holdsworth
On 15th July 1851 Hayward Atkins sr. married Grace Amy Wyatt after deserting Ann. A daughter, Susan Amy Hayward was born to Hayward and Grace on 12.09.1852.
This must have broken Ann Louise's heart as she was left to raise the children on her own with the youngest, Charlotte being only 2 years old.
*Biography of Philip Joseph Holdsworth
Philip Jospeh Holdsworth was born in Balmain, near Sydney, on the 12th January, 1849, his father was English, his mother Irish.
He was the Editor of the Sydney Athenaeum, he also worked with the Illustrated Sydney News.
For many years he was Cashier in the Treasury, Sydney; afterwards Secretary,
Forest Department, untill 1892. He died 19th January, 1902.
Philip Joseph Holdsworth (1849-1902), public servant and writer, was born on 12 January 1849 at Sydney, the only son of Philip Risby Holdsworth, who died 19.03.1897 a respected boatbuilder, and his wife Kate, nee Bevan who died December 9th 1899. His father was prominent in temperance and early protectionist movements in Sydney. Philip Joseph was educated at Fort Street High School. In 1870 he told Nicol Stenhouse that he was temporarily unemployed. On 8 March 1871 he became a clerk in the revenue branch of the Treasury and in May 1878 assistant receiver. He was reputed to be a "good financial man". On 10 August 1890 he became secretary under John Ednie Brown in the Forestry Department, until its abolition in 1893 when, despite a personal appeal to Sir Henry Parkes, he was retrenched on a small pension.
As early as 1869 Holdsworth was probably a sub–editor of the Illustrated Sydney News and became it'ss editor in the 1880s. In 1888 he supervised the publication of a special centenary issue. When the paper changed hands he left and in the 1890s contributed to a number of Sydney journals such as the Bulletin, Freeman's Journal and Athenaeum. He was a founding member of the Athenaeum Club in the early 1880s. Slightly dandified in dress, he was generous to individuals and causes of which he approved. He was associated with the memorial committee for Henry Kendall (d.1882) with whom he had become friendly in the early 1870s.
Holdsworth's writing is of little permanent interest. He published only one book, Station Hunting on the Warrego, and Other Poems (Sydney, 1885). Most of the verse had been written when he was young and is conventional in both subject and style. One or two later pieces enjoyed some favour with his contemporaries: "Quis Separabit" and "My Queen of Dreams" were singled out for praise. In prose he attempted a brief history of Australia, a pamphlet on the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel and a number of pen-portraits of notable contemporaries. His most important work was probably his prefatory note to the 1886 edition of Kendal''s poems. He was accepted as an amiable member of the literary community rather than a significant writer. He died suddenly on 18 January 1902 at his home in Ocean Street, Woollahra, and was buried in the Anglican section of the Rookwood cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Charlotte Emily, nee Atkins, whom he had married in Sydney in 1869, and by his only son.
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Poems written by Philip J Holdsworth can be seen at the following...
Hast Thou Forgotten Me
My Queen of Dreams
Quis Separabit
