Genealogy

Holms/Holmes

Sarah Holmes m.Thomas Staniforth JUN 1745 Treeton

George Holmes m. Mary Green 25 NOV 1816 Treeton

John Holmes m. Ann Redfern 26 NOV 1821 Treeton

Children of Henry and Hannah Holmes:

Ann c.15 OCT 1848 Treeton
Harriet c.02 FEB 1851 Treeton
Elizabeth c.16 APR 1854 Treeton
John c.31 AUG 1856 Treeton

Thomas Holms married Sarah Wilkinson 29 APR 1793 Whiston. Child:

Ann b.18 APR 1799 c.15 JUN 1799 Whiston

John Holmes, an Agricultural Labourer was born in 1796 in Whiston. He married Elizabeth Butcher 14 FEB 1820 Treeton. Children:

Anne c.03 NOV 1822 Treeton
Henry c. 21 NOV 1824 Treeton
John c. 22 OCT 1826 Treeton
William c.08 JAN 1829 Treeton
Samuel Holmes c.04 NOV 1832 Whiston m.Charlotte White (c.1833 Wentworth).Children:Joseph b1857,Betsey b.1865 Tankersley Barnsley
Joseph Holmes c.07 JUN 1835 Whiston labourer in Iron Works, m. Eliz Lee (b.1844 Glossop)
George¹ Holmes c.11 JUN 1837 Whiston m.Emma Stanley

Children of Joseph Holmes and Elizabeth (Nee Lee):

George² H Holmes b.1866. M.Sarah Ann Jeavons (b.1866 Dudley Staffordshire)
John Edward Holmes b.1870. M.Sarah Alice Black (b.1870 Bedford)
Sam Holmes b.1873, Miner, living with widowed mother and Sister Nellie 1901
M. E Holmes (female) b.1876
Clara Holmes b.1878. M. in 1897 to John Bell(b1878),Quarry Owner.Living Brecks Cottages Dalton Rotherham 1901. Daughter Eva from John's 1st M.born Whiston in 1897
E Holmes b.1880
Nelly Holmes b.1885.Nelly at home with mother Elizabeth and Brother Sam 1901

Joseph (c.07 JUN 1835) died 31 Jan 1891 aged 55 interred Whiston Church February 3rd 1891. Widow Elizabeth is living at 64 The Hill in 1891, son George is living next door at No.65

Children of John Holmes and Martha:

William c.06 APR 1828 Whiston

George Holmes,Ironmonger

Living at 27 Main Street, Whiston in 1891 was George Holmes and his family.

George Holmes¹ was born in Whiston about 1837. An Ironmonger and Kitchen Range Fitter, he was married to Emma (Nee Stanley) born in Whiston, about 1843, daughter of Hannah Stanley.

The 1881 census lists 8 children, and Emma's mother - Hannah Stanley,aged 80, living at 27 Main Street (all born in Whiston ):

Sarah b.1862, age 20, a Domestic Servant
John b.1863, age 18, a Stove Grate Moulder. M. Annie Roddis. Child Eliza c.1899 Kimberworth
Tom b. 1865, age 16, a Stove Grate Moulder. M. Annie Hepworth (b.1873 Woodhouse Lincs)
Annie b.1867, age 14, a Domestic Servant
Joseph b.1870, age 12 M. Kate Whitney (b.1869 Whiston)
Emma Jane, age 8
Harry, age 3 m.Edith Janet Harrison(b1878)
George Arthur(1880-1941), age 1. Married Effie Roddis (1881-1952), daughter of Alfred (b 1852) Roddis and Alice (Nee Gibson)
Fred b.1885 m. Emily. He died 1st July 1916, Memorial at Thiepval

By 1891, Hannah Stanley has died, Sarah, Annie and Emma Jane are no longer living here, Fred was born about 1885, and a grand daughter, Lizzie lives here.

George Arthur Holmes(1880-1941) born 29th January, 1880 married at Rotherham to Effie Roddis (b.12th March, 1881). They had one daughter Doris Holmes born 17th August, 1920 at Whiston.

George died 11th May, 1941 at Rotherham. Effie died 16th October, 1952 at Leeds.

Doris Holmes married twice. She was divorced from Horace Cutts in 1946. It is not known what date she married Ronald Roberts. Ronald and Doris had a son born in Leeds who married in Tredegar and had a son and a daughter.

Children of George² Holmes Sarah Ann (Nee Jeavons) Living 13 Hope Street Wombwell 1901 :

William Holmes b.1891
Francis J Holmes b.1895 m.Selvyna Perry
Clara E Holmes b.1896 Whiston m.Albert Marsland Rotherham 1914
John E Holmes b.1900 Wombwell

In 1811 a George Holmes was a Hairdresser

Names connected with Holmes : Bell, Roddis, Stanley

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