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Jane Rankin (Holmes) Bell was born on March 9, 1728 in Limerick, LK Ireland, and died at age 89 years old on June 7, 1817 in New Hope, Virginia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Rankin (Holmes) Bell.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was born on August 29, 1809 at Cambridge, Middlesex, MA in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA, and died at age 85 years old on October 7, 1894 at Boston, Massachusetts. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr..
Ellen Holmes of Livingston County, Missouri United States was born in 1821 at Fauquier, Virginia, United States, and died at age 43 years old in 1864 at Livingston, Missouri, United States. Ellen Holmes was buried on January 21, 1859 at Wesleyan Cemetery vol G p6 RDSL 4 Missouri Archive C10362 SLGS Rolls: 304.
Charles Appleby Holmes was born in 1821, and died at age 70 years old in 1891 at Castlemaine VIC, Australia in Castlemaine, Mount Alexander Shire County, VIC Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles Appleby Holmes .
Sarah (Jones) Holmes was born in 1822. She was married to John Holmes, and had a child William Holmes Sr.. Sarah Holmes died at age 61 years old in 1883. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Holmes.
John Holmes was born in 1822, and died at age 73 years old in 1895. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Holmes.
Jane Holmes of St Kilda Australia was born in 1827, and died at age 88 years old in 1915 in St Kilda.
Jefferson David Holmes was born on December 9, 1827. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jefferson David Holmes.
Elizabeth Howard Holmes was born in 1829, and died at age 94 years old in 1923. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Howard Holmes .
Lawrence Carter Holmes was born in 1829, and died at age 82 years old in 1911. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Laurence Carter Holmes.
Bertha Holmes was born in 1863 in Camberwell, England United Kingdom. She was in a relationship with John Anthony Ruffe, and had children John Henry Ruffe and Lee Roy Ruffe. Bertha Holmes died at age 43 years old in 1906. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bertha Holmes.
Sarah Ellen (Holmes) Elliott was born on January 4, 1873 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts United States to Mary Jane Holmes and William Holmes Sr., and had siblings William Holmes, Albert Edward Holmes, Richard Holmes, Anna Marie Wood, and Rose Myrelle Abraham. She married Amos Harrison Elliott in 1897 in Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, and they were married until Amos' death on July 16, 1931. Sarah Elliott died at age 92 years old on February 14, 1965 in Vancouver, Clark County, WA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Ellen Elliott.
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Other Names
Surnames: Hollioak - Holubenok
Holmes Family Photos
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Norman Leroy Holmes
Christmas, early 1960s
[From left to right: Darlene, Norma (“Missy”), Darla, Linda (standing), Teena (sitting), Norman]
[From left to right: Darlene, Norma (“Missy”), Darla, Linda (standing), Teena (sitting), Norman]
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Betty Jo Dickison-Eastern Kentucky University
1948 yearbook photo of Betty Jo Dickison from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, USA.
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William C. Holmes
1955 Portsmouth West High School (West Portsmouth, Ohio) yearbook photo. Next to his photo it reads, "B.S. in Education; University of Kentucky: Science: General Busi-ness: Freshman Class Advisor."
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Dorothy H Stewart
Taken at her church, Langdale United Methodist Church. She was an active member in the Women's Club and she sang quite beautifully in the choir. She always decorated the luncheons in the Family Life Center with her tasteful ideas.
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Patricia M Holmes
The obituary photo of Patricia in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) in 1998.
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Irene B Holmes Gravesite
The grave of Irene B Holmes who was married to Oliver Holmes, a corporal in the United States Army.
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Updated Holmes Biographies
Leona Louise (Best) Holmes was born on January 3, 1900 in Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho United States. Leona Holmes was married to Howard Holmes on August 13, 1934 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, and died at age 81 years old on February 26, 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Leona Louise Holmes.
Howard Holmes was born on July 15, 1906 in Oregon United States to William Holmes and Laura Esther Duvall, and had a brother Maurice Hanford Holmes. Howard Holmes married Leona Louise Holmes on August 13, 1934 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, and died at age 70 years old on February 18, 1977 in California. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Howard Holmes .
William Holmes was born on December 27, 1876 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts United States, and died at age 69 years old circa 1945. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Holmes.
Rose Myrelle (Holmes) Abraham was born circa 1886 in Nebraska United States to Mary Jane Holmes and William Holmes Sr., and has siblings William Holmes, Albert Edward Holmes, Richard Holmes, Sarah Ellen Elliott, and Anna Marie Wood. She married Francis L. Holmes on January 8, 1912. She also married Raymond Abram on August 7, 1929 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. Rose Abraham died in OR. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rose Myrelle Abraham.
Francis Lechmore Holmes was born on December 19, 1877 in Kalama, Cowlitz County, Washington United States. Francis Holmes was married to Rose Myrelle Abraham on January 8, 1912, and died at age 83 years old in 1960. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Francis L. Holmes.
Mary Jane (Higgins) Holmes was born in 1846 in Belfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom to George Higgins. She was in a relationship with William Holmes Sr., and had children Albert Edward Holmes, Sarah Ellen Elliott, William Holmes, Anna Marie Wood, Rose Myrelle Abraham, and Richard Holmes. Mary Holmes died at age 75 years old in 1921 in Woodburn, Oregon United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Jane Holmes.
Sarah Ellen (Holmes) Elliott was born on January 4, 1873 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts United States to Mary Jane Holmes and William Holmes Sr., and had siblings William Holmes, Albert Edward Holmes, Richard Holmes, Anna Marie Wood, and Rose Myrelle Abraham. She married Amos Harrison Elliott in 1897 in Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, and they were married until Amos' death on July 16, 1931. Sarah Elliott died at age 92 years old on February 14, 1965 in Vancouver, Clark County, WA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sarah Ellen Elliott.
Anna Marie (Holmes) Wood was born in 1879 in Massachusetts United States to Mary Jane Holmes and William Holmes Sr., and had siblings William Holmes, Albert Edward Holmes, Richard Holmes, Sarah Ellen Elliott, and Rose Myrelle Abraham. Anna Wood died at age 72 years old in 1951. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anna Marie Wood.
Kenneth Miller Holmes was born on December 4, 1954, and died at age 57 years old on February 25, 2012. Kenneth Holmes was buried at Calverton National Cemetery
Section 35 Site 182 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kenneth Miller Holmes.
James E Holmes of Keota, Haskell County, OK was born on July 9, 1917, and died at age 72 years old on November 2, 1989. James Holmes was buried at Ft. Smith National Cemetery
Section 15 Site 403 522 Garland Avenue And South 6th St, in Fort Smith, Ar.
James W Holmes was born on April 3, 1945 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois United States. He was married to Donna (Schroeder) Holmes, and died at age 53 years old on September 24, 1998 at Texas. James Holmes was buried on September 30, 1998 at Keller, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James W Holmes.
Donna (Schroeder) Holmes was married to James W Holmes. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Donna (Schroeder) Holmes.
Bertha Holmes was born in 1863 in Camberwell, England United Kingdom. She was in a relationship with John Anthony Ruffe, and had children John Henry Ruffe and Lee Roy Ruffe. Bertha Holmes died at age 43 years old in 1906. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bertha Holmes.
Staci Denise (Cumba) Holmes was born on March 10, 1977 to David O. Cumba and Patricia L. (Holliday) Cumba, and has a brother Darrell Keith Cumba. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Staci Denise Cumba.
Veater M Holmes of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on March 16, 1934, and died at age 58 years old on December 15, 1992.
Carl W Holmes of Logansport, Cass County, IN was born on August 14, 1962, and died at age 37 years old on March 25, 2000.
Mamie Holmes was in a relationship with Franklin W Lowe, and has a child Geneva Faye (Lowe) Smith. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mamie Holmes.
Ester M (Holmes) Hardy was born on October 8, 1930 in Montague, Massachusetts United States, and died at age 62 years old on September 9, 1993 in Montague. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ester (Holmes).
Terry Lee (Holmes) Schaper of White Rock, New Mexico United States was born on January 19, 1960 in Detroit, MI.
Popular Holmes Biographies
I cannot tell a lie? George Washington may have said that but it's certainly not something Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H H Holmes, would have said. He couldn't tell the truth!
He was the 3rd born of Levi Horton Mudgett and Theodate Page Price, having an older brother and sister and a younger brother and sister.
Mudgett graduated from medical school in 1886 and moved to Chicago to set up a pharmacy. But he didn't stop with the pharmacy, he also built a hotel across the street which later became known as the "Murder Castle". Why? Because during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, he was thought to lure women to the hotel, make them get life insurance in order to work for him, and then kill them. No one caught on, the women simply disappeared.
Several years later, however, a friend/accomplice in insurance fraud Ben Pritezel as well as his wife and 2 children were found murdered. Holmes was arrested in the murders. He was tried, found guilty, and hung in 1896. Per his request, his coffin was covered by concrete so no one could disturb his grave. (His request may have been influenced by the fact that when he was in medical school, he dug up graves and sold the cadavers to medical schools.)
Mudgett/Holmes sold his story to Hearst Publications for approximately a quarter of a million dollars in today's money. In that story, he claimed to have killed 130 people. When he was arrested, he claimed to have killed 27.
Holmes/Mudgett had married 3 times. He and his first wife had a son and he reportedly abused her. She left and never looked back. While still married to his first wife, he married his second wife, filing for divorce from his first wife a few weeks later (never finalized). He and his second wife had a daughter. Then while still married to his first and second wives, he married the third.
Read his obituary H. H. Holmes: Obituary
It is worth Googling to find info. Or he is in many books.
The car his cousin (& he) invented is in the Melbourne museum. Called the Thomson steam car. The Dunlop tyre was invevted for this (verbally told). Armadale Victoria. Many photos.
This link has some good info:
He sat as secretary on the earliest RACV (Victoria).
He owned a cordial factory at Woonona.
He died in a hospital room with either (I can’t remember) Blaxland, Wentworth or Lawson. I’m sure it wasn’t Wentworth.
Father: Edward
Mother: Marion
Sister: Annie Ethel Florence
The photo I found is unverified by me of his parents and siblings.
Had a wooden leg.
The Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 25th October 1932.
- LEG AMPUTATED.
SEQUEL TO COLLISION.
Inujured in motoring accident on the Prince's Highway recently,
Mr. Selwyn Holmes, formerly of Goulburn, later had his right leg
amputated below the knee.
Mr. Holmes was riding his motor cycle between Bulli and Thirroul
when he came into collision with a motor car, the force of the impact
badly smashing his leg.
Marian Kathleen Delores (Holmes) Kroetch was born on April 21, 1929 at Montreal, in Quebec, Canada to Everett Holmes and Mildred Richards. She married Hollis Frederick Kroetch in 1965, and they were married until Marian's death on September 5, 1995. Marian Kroetch was buried at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, in Frederick, Maryland United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marian Kathleen Delores "Dee" (Holmes) Kroetch.
The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settler's Adviser.
January 1910.
HISTORICAL TUMUT.
The first mailman to these parts was Ned Holmes. He
carried the mails from Gundagai to Tumut when the
town was on the flat, and he used to herald his approach
by the blowing of a horn to rouse the inhabitants to the
arrival of the much appreciated mail.
The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser.
June 1919.
Licensing Court.
Edward Holmes, Royal Hotel, Euabalong.
Dorothy Anne (Holmes) Stewart of Valley, Chambers County, AL was born circa May 16, 1944 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia United States to Leon Willard Holmes. Dorothy was baptized at Langdale United Methodist Church in Valley, Chambers County, Alabama US. Dorothy Stewart died at age 62 years old circa December 24, 2006 at Bethany House in Opelika, Lee County, and was buried circa December 26, 2006 at Resthaven Cemetary Highway 50, in Lanett, Chambers County.
James Edward Holmes of Bexar County, TX was born in 1947 at Texas. James Holmed was married to Shelley L. (Brietzke) Holmes on October 15, 1989 in Bexar County, TX.
William Clay Holmes Jr was born to William Clay Holmes Sr (1903-1984) and Aileen Elizabeth Crawford (1908-1999). His father had a diverse career, working as a boxer, tavern keeper, cook, bus driver, steel mill crane operator, and daring stuntman, while his mother was a teacher.
After graduating from McKell High School in South Shore, Greenup County, Kentucky, USA, on May 11, 1942, William continued his education at Morehead Teachers College for two years. There, he studied subjects including College Algebra, Botany, Biology, Chemistry, and Dairy Science. Later, he pursued advanced studies, earning his Master's Degree in Education Administration from Marshall University between January 31, 1957, and August 23, 1958.
William began his teaching career in 1946 at Flat Hollow Grade School in Flat Hollow, Greenup County, Kentucky, teaching 5th to 8th-grade students for two months. He then taught Chemistry at McKell High School before becoming the Science & Biology Teacher at Portsmouth West in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, USA, from 1955 to 1956.
In 1957, William transitioned to the role of Principal at Sunshine Elementary School in South Shore, Greenup, Kentucky, USA, where he served until his retirement on June 15, 1983.
Bessie May (Holmes) Sehon was born on May 17, 1889, and died at age 90 years old in 1979 in Douglas County, Kansas United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bessie May (Holmes) Sehon.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Arthur James Holmes, Jr..
Emily Holmes was born to Arthur James Holmes Sr and Ira Margaret (Taylor) Holmes Brown, and has siblings Blaney Richard Holmes, Arthur James Holmes, Jr., Celeste (Holmes) Shaw, Gwendolyn (Holmes) Carter, LePearl Foster, Albert Foster, and Douglass Holmes. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emily Holmes.
Marjorie Holmes of San Diego, San Diego County, California was born on October 11, 1915, and died at age 71 years old in August 1987.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gwendolyn (Holmes) Carter.
Evelyn Irene (Holmes) Gray of Madison, Dane County, WI was born on May 14, 1946 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas United States, and died at age 46 years old on April 11, 1993.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kenneth Jerome Holmes, Sr..
Charles Ira Holmes was born in 1940. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charles Holmes.
Holmes Death Records & Life Expectancy
The average age of a Holmes family member is 72.0 years old according to our database of 55,532 people with the last name Holmes that have a birth and death date listed.
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Oldest Holmeses
These are the longest-lived members of the Holmes family on AncientFaces.
116 years
Roy Holmes of Clackamas, Clackamas County, Oregon was born on August 18, 1858, and died at age 114 years old in May 1973.
Lorro Holmes of Rison, Cleveland County, Arkansas was born on July 6, 1867, and died at age 112 years old in August 1979.
Amy Holmes was born on April 10, 1886, and died at age 111 years old on March 1, 1998. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Amy Holmes.
Rebecca Holmes of Timmonsville, Florence County, SC was born on May 4, 1899, and died at age 110 years old on December 29, 2009.
Alexander Holmes of Avon Park, Highlands County, Florida was born on June 1, 1874, and died at age 110 years old in August 1984.
Emerson Holmes of Lake Butler, Union County, FL was born on September 24, 1893, and died at age 108 years old on August 26, 2002.
Eunice M Holmes of Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA was born on October 9, 1900, and died at age 108 years old on October 9, 2008.
Mary E Holmes of Newport News, Newport News City County, VA was born on September 6, 1882, and died at age 107 years old on April 19, 1990.
Mary Holmes of Austin, Mower County, Minnesota was born on April 4, 1879, and died at age 108 years old in April 1987.
Lucy Holmes of Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana was born on May 15, 1872, and died at age 107 years old in August 1979.
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Recently I discovered that my great grand mother on my father's side was Elizabeth May Patton who was married to William Fletcher Crawford Born: 14 APR 1880.
I would love to hear from any lost relatives. So please email me if we may be related.
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