When Anna Holmes was born on 31 December 1790, in Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States, her father, Daniel Holmes, was 21 and her mother, Mary Purdy, was 15. She married Moses Ostrander on 13 August 1818, in New Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Plattekill, Plattekill, Ulster, New York, United States in 1850 and Ulster, New York, United States in 1860. She died on 11 April 1861, in New York, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in East Plattekill M E Church Grounds, Plattekill, Ulster, New York, United States.
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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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