Brief Life History of George Robert
George Robert Holmes was born in 1892, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He lived in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1910. He died on 21 September 1981, in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 89.
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- George R Holmes in household of Fredrick Fansworth, "United States Census, 1910"
- George Robert Holmes, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001
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1893
Consolidated
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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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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