Biography
He was born on 2 August 1844 at Wakefield. He was the only child of Rev Charles Kendall and Sarah Bickerstaffe. He was named after a friend of the family, Rev. Thomas Holliday, and his mother's family, Bickerstaffe.
He served as a Primitive Methodist Minister from 1864 to 1903.
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