Brief Life History of Elisha Manton
When Elisha Manton Holmes was born on 11 September 1816, in Columbia, New York, United States, his father, Rufus Holmes, was 22 and his mother, Marcy Paine, was 25. He married Susan Ann Wirts about 1832. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Victor, Victor, Ontario, New York, United States in 1860 and Manchester, Manchester, Ontario, New York, United States in 1875. He died on 5 April 1889, in Delavan, Tazewell, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
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- Elisham M Hohnes, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elisha Holmes - Published information: birth-name: Elisha Holmes
- Elisha M Holmes, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Tazewell, Illinois, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: either from the plural form of Holme , or else a variant of Holme or Home , with excrescent -s (see Holm ).
Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald (Ayrshire), or possibly from another place so called in the barony of Inchestuir (Angus). Both placenames likely derive from the plural form of Middle English, Older Scots holm ‘islet, raised land in a marsh’ (see Holm ).
Scottish and Irish: adopted for Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Thómais, Mac Thómais (see McComb ). In parts of western Ireland, Holmes is also a variant of Cavish, from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas . Early bearers in Ireland were probably immigrants from Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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