Isabelle Redman

Brief Life History of Isabelle

When Isabelle Redman was born in September 1793, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States, her father, John Redman, was 49 and her mother, Elizabeth Bedee Calvert, was 47. She married Willis Holmes on 12 November 1812, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 8 July 1871, in Perry Township, Licking, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Pleasant Hills Baptist Church Cemetery, Licking, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Willis Holmes
1787–1871
Isabelle Redman
1793–1871
Marriage: 12 November 1812
James Holmes
1813–1895
John T Holmes
1817–1862
Sarah A. Holmes
1821–1853

Sources (7)

  • Isabel Holmes in household of Willis Holmes, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Isabelle "Eze" Redman - birth-name: Isabella Redman
  • Eze Redman, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

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World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1812 · Monumental Church Built

The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.

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. 

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English red (Old English hrēod) ‘reed’ + -man, presumably for a thatcher or reed-cutter. Compare Reeder .

English: in southeastern England sometimes a topographic name perhaps for someone who lived by a clearing, from Middle English rede (Old English rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’ + man.

English: habitational name from Redmain (Cumberland), from Old English rēad ‘red’ + an uncertain second element, perhaps a dialect form of man ‘cairn’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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