Brief Life History of Clement Thomas
Clement Thomas Holmes was born on 17 February 1870, in Kaalhoek, Cape Province, South Africa as the son of George Holmes and Elizabeth Jane Holmes. He married Eva Lena Beatrice Sumner on 19 September 1905, in South Africa. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 25 July 1950, in Cape Province, South Africa, at the age of 80, and was buried in Upper Blinkwater, Cape Province, South Africa.
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- Clement Thomas Holmes, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"
- Holmes in entry for Myrtle Mildred, "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004"
- Clement Thomas Holmes, "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989"
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1872
Introduction of pass laws to control labor force in Kimberley diamond mines.
1878
Britain claims Walvis Bay.
1897
Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.
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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