Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Holmes was born on 14 April 1879, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Henry Holmes, was 38 and his mother, Margaret McLean, was 24. He married Penelope Swann Anderson on 26 December 1908, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1898. He died on 23 March 1955, at the age of 75, and was buried in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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- William Holmes in household of William Holmes, "United States Census, 1900"
- William H. Holmes, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906"
- William Henry Holmes, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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