Brief Life History of William Francis
When William Francis Holmes was born in 1890, in Nebraska, United States, his father, Sherman Hayes Holmes, was 24 and his mother, Minnie Hobbs, was 21. He married Edna Avis Galentine on 25 February 1911, in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Aurora, Hamilton, Nebraska, United States in 1930 and Newport Beach Judicial Township, Orange, California, United States for about 5 years. He died in 1968, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
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- William Holmes, "United States Census, 1900"
- William Francis Holmes, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- William Holmes in entry for George James Shipman and Velva Verl Holmes, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
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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