Brief Life History of Samuel Oliver
Samuel Oliver Holmes was born on 6 January 1807, in Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States as the son of Rowland Holmes and Mary Douglas. He married Eliza Wilder about 1830. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850 and Murray Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1860. He died on 7 August 1865, in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Fremont, Alameda, California, United States.
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- Samuel O Holmes, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Oliver Holmes - birth: 6 January 1804; Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- Samuel O Holmes in entry for Ellen Holmes, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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