Brief Life History of Jesse Thomas
When Jesse Thomas Holmes was born on 28 February 1859, in Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Armstrong Holmes, was 27 and his mother, Susan Jane Parker, was 29. He died on 6 September 1867, in Cartwright Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 8, and was buried in Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Jesse T . Holmes in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Parents and Siblings
1831–1911 Male
1829–1910 Female
Siblings (9)
1852–1933 Male
1855–1910 Male
1856–1919 Male
1859–1867 Male
1861–1893 Female
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World Events (7)
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Age 2
1863
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1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 4
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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