When Ann Elizabeth Holmes was born on 13 March 1820, in Newington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Holmes, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Williams, was 25. She married John William Watkin Ringshaw on 10 May 1840, in Newington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Camberwell, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and London, England, United Kingdom in 1901. She died on 2 February 1902, in Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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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.
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