William Robert Holmes

Male15 September 1889–1957

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

James Thomas Holmes
1862–1921
Mary Jane Lynn
1863–
William Robert Holmes
1889–1957
James Holmes
1891–
Edith Holmes
1898–

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"

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World Events (7)

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1914 · Britain Enters the Great War

After Germany declared war Russia, Britain entered The Great War and declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914. The war ended on November 11, 1918, as Germany signed an armistice that brought fighting to a halt.

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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