Cyril Clement Holman

Cyril Clement Holman

Male 1899 - 1983  (84 years)

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  • Name Cyril Clement Holman 
    Birth 1 Jun 1899  Nelshaby, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Sep 1983  South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 5 Sep 1983  North Shields Cemetery,Lincoln Highway, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Details of Cyril Clement Holman
    Burial Details of Cyril Clement Holman
    Cyril Clement Holman died 01 Sep 1983 and was buried 05/09/1983 at North Shield Cemetery, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia. His grave is located in Section 1, North Shields Cemetery, Grave 100.

    Person ID I4836  Tucker Family Tree | The descendants of James Tucker
    Last Modified 5 Oct 2013 

    Father Robert John Holman,   b. 28 Oct 1868, Bald Hills, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1942 (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Eliza Rosanna Hawkins,   b. 7 Oct 1871, Inman Valley District Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1906, Naperby, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 4 Jan 1894  Wesleyan Church Napperby, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2

    South Australia Marriage Registrations, Robert John Holman and Eliza Rosanna Hawkins.
    South Australia Marriage Registrations, Robert John Holman and Eliza Rosanna Hawkins.
    Eliza Rosanna Hawkins, daughter of William Clement Hawkins age 22 yrs, married, Robert John Holman, son of James Holman, age 25 yrs, at the Wesleyan Church, Napperby, South Australia, Australia, 04 September 1894.
    Family ID F0734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Stoba,   b. 28 Aug 1894, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1976 (Age 81 years) 
    Children 
    +1. R.D. Holman
    +2. E.R. Holman
    +3. E.J. Holman
    +4. F.J. Holman
    +5. M.E. Holman
    +6. C.L. Holman
    Family ID F1484  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2022 

    Family 2 Gladys Mabel Elsie Wells,   b. 2 Jun 1908, Wandsworth, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 2012 (Age 104 years) 
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Oct 2013 

  • Photos
    The Family of Eliza and Robert Holman
    The Family of Eliza and Robert Holman
    Back l to r: Tom, Cyril, Stan
    front L to R: Effie Murton, Robert Holman and Bob Holman, taken on Bobs 70th Birthday, 1939 at Kyancutta
    Cyril Clement Holman
    Cyril Clement Holman
    Cyril Clement Holman is the son of Robert John Holman and Eliza Rosanna Hawkins.

    Documents
    The Family of Clement and Jane Hawkins
    The Family of Clement and Jane Hawkins
    Back row, L to R: Hartley Hawkins, Millie hawkins (Angel), Ethel Hawkind (Dow), Friend hawkins, Minnie Hawkins (n. speed), Charlie Smith
    Middle Row LtoR: robert J Holman, Eliza Holman (n. Hawkings), Effie Holman, Miriam Jane Hawkins (n. Tucker), francis Hawkins, Lilly Smith (n. Hawkins)
    Children at front: Cyril Holman, Tom Holman, Jack Hawkins,…

  • Notes 
    • Cyril was born into a loving family that was shattered by the untimely death of his mother when he was 6 years old. His life suddenly changed: he and his younger brother were placed with their grandmother Miriam Jane Hawkings.
      Cyril went to school, first at Warnertown, then at Warunda when his father moved the family to Wanilla, Eyre Peninsula. The school there was south of Warunda Siding, in a weatherboard and galvanized iron building that doubled as a Methodist Church at Warund Creek. The Holman family attended Big Swamp Methodist Church travelling 10 miles by horse and buggy. There were plenty of Kangaroos about in those early days and the Holman boys used to chase them about the scrub when not at school. Cyril was taught to use a gun with care by the age of 9 years.
      After the property at Wanilla Failed due to excessive rains (40 inches in 1910) and heavy leaching, the family was forced to move in 1912 to Cummins. (forty five years later the government used super and trace elements to overcome these deficiencies.)
      Cyril worked for the Nosworthy family at Cummins for several years before moving to Kyancutta. They had a wagon and team, buggy and horses, and a spring dray with an outrigger with three horses. The road was close to the railway line in places; Cyril was waling beside the horses for a spell, when he noticed them prick up their ears. He realized at once a train was coming. He quickly jumped into his seat, by which time the horses had veered across the line with the train bearing down on them. Cyril with his skilled horse-handling was able to turn them aside in time. the scrub was logged using a felled mallee as a roller, pulled by eight horses; there were open plains that were cropped first. Initially, the family lived in tents under a government shed; later rooms were built under the shed.
      Cyril had a life-long love of horses. he took great pride in his team and treated each one with special care. he had two race horses, "Sheik" and "Sandy", that ran at the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic race Meetings at Kyancutta; these meetings were known far and wide. One of the horses, "Sandy" (registered as "Wannamanna") won the trials in Port Lincoln races in the 1920s, "Sheik" and "Sandy" were successful horses for Cyril; at Mt Wedge, "Sheik" won the Cup and "Sandy" the Ladies' Gold Bracelet on the same day.
      Cyril and Mary lived in a wood and iron house on Section 18. On 21/12/1922, Cyril purchased Sec 5 and in 1923 he built rooms under the government shed. Times were hard; they survived the depression years, droughts, rabbits, grasshopper plagues and lack of permanent water. Undaunted by this, Cyril always managed to smile and keep going.
      He was a skilled footballer, winning the Kyancutta Club's "Best and Fairest" Gold Medal 1923. his close involvement with the club lead to his being awarded life Membership.
      Cyril loved dancing and was Master of Ceremonies at many social functions. He always took to the dance floor first for the Polka Mazurka and the Four Step Ploka. Cyril was also a member of the Kyancutta Rifle Club. During World War II he was given the rank of Acting Sergeant in the Volunteer Defence Corp on part-time War Service. He was president of the local Liberal Pary. He was involved with the Agricultural Bureau and participated in crop improvement competitions; as a result he won two trophies (silver cups) in 1933 and 1940. He was a strong supporter of the Kyancutta Methodist Congregation. Services were held in the community hall until 29/10/1979, when Cyril had the honour of opening the Kyancutta Methodist Church. Another of Cyril's involvements was with the Free Masons; he held many positions.
      After the war when farm commodity prices improved, Cyril was able to build a new stone house on the property. He and his son, Clem, raised the stone and did the work, labouring for a builder. He said at the time, "You need a strong arm and a weak head". In 1964, Cyril and Mary retired to Port Lincoln. Cyril's active life-style did not change: he joined the Kirton Point Bowling Club, worked for the "Old Folks Home" and "Meals on Wheels".
      Mary died of cancer in 1976. In 1981 Cyril married Mrs G. Wells. As active as ever Cyril celebrated his 84th birthday in New York, U.S.A.; during his travels Cyril became ill and six weeks after he returned he died suddenly of a heart attack. He was a man loved by all for his energy, his humour and his attitudes to life. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Cynthis Henley-Smith, The Tucker Family in Australia, (Gillingham Printers Pty Ltd Adelaide, South Australia), 1992, 312 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S493] Genealogy SA, trading as the South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society, findmypast, South Australian Marriages 1842-1937 Transcription, (findmypast), 4 Jan 1894, Clare Registration No. 178/49 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached copy of South Australia marriages 1842-1937, Marriage Transcription Eliza Rosanna Hawkins and Robert John Holman. Registration district Clare, Registration No. 178/49.


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