Brief Life History of Edward Charles
Edward Charles Holmes was born on 2 May 1882, in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand as the son of Henry Holmes and Elizabeth Leecher. He married Florence May Stapley on 30 October 1907, in New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 31 July 1962, in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, at the age of 80, and was buried in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Edward Charles Holmes - Government record: birth-name: Edward Charles Holmes
- Headstone image of Edward Charles Holmes from billiongraves.com
Spouse and Children
1882–1962 Male
1886–1963 Female
Children (2)
1908–2006 Female
1910–1993 Male
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1887 · New Zealands's First National Park
Age 5
1893
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1907
Age 25
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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