Emma Holmes

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Holmes was born on 26 October 1907, in Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Harden Holmes, was 29 and her mother, Pearl Myrtle Wildey, was 20. She married Arthur William Akins about 1925, in Polk, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Ventura Judicial Township, Ventura, California, United States in 1940 and Saticoy, Ventura, California, United States for about 1 years. She died on 14 January 1976, in Ventura, Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Ventura, Ventura, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur William Akins
1904–1978
Emma Holmes
1907–1976
Marriage: about 1925
Murrell D Akins
1927–2012
Patsy Louella Akins
1934–2002
Daisy Elaine Akins
1937–1938

Sources (16)

  • Emma S Akins, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Emma Holmes, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Emma S Akins, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

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1927

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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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