Comment :-- family being researched: HOULDEN
Houlden family of Bristol relationship to Holden family in Suffolk.
My g g g grandfather James Houlden(1784-1854) was baptised as James Holden in Stowlangtoft on 17 Oct 1784, son of John Holden and Eales Mager.
He married in Bristol in 1809 and for reasons unknown changed the spelling of his name to Houlden.
James had a brother baptised as 'Mikle' Holden in Stowlangtoft on 13 Oct 1782. I believe this as the same Michael Holden who married Elizabeth Esling in nearby Tostock in 1805 and they became the parents of Michael Holden(1808-1884).
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