Brief Life History of William Robert
When William Robert Holmes was christened on 15 September 1889, in Blakeney, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Thomas Holmes, was 27 and his mother, Mary Jane Lynn, was 26. He died in 1957, in Norwich, Norfolk, England, at the age of 68.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- William Holmes, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- William Robert Holmes, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- William R Holmes, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
Parents and Siblings
1862–1921 Male
1863– Female
Siblings (3)
1889–1957 Male
1891– Male
1898– Female
World Events (7)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
1908
1914 · Britain Enters the Great War
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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