You never know when something will help. My maiden name is Durell and my family are in NC from 1771 - 1806 Duplin County. The best friend of John Durell was a Samuel Tanner and he was also expelled from the Quakers because of marriage and the Rev War. Never know.

I also have an Otis Holmes in my family tree..do you have dates or locations, siblings? Thanks, Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <holmz98@newman.net> To: <HOLMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 11:44 AM Subject: [HOLMES] Re: Otis Holmes (Indiana) > > I have a Otis listed in my family tree, do you have any other information which i can compare to see if it's the right family. Parent's name or siblings? Date of birth? I will gladly share with you if there is a connection. Leanor Holmes > > > ==== HOLMES Mailing List ==== > > >

I am searching for any info on the Phillip HOLMES family. I start with Clara Holmes, b. IL 1869, known ggrandmother, with parents Phillip Holmes and Cynthia Owens. I found Phillip with Cynthia and daughter Clara on Morgan Co. IL 1870 census, but Clara was 3? and Phillip was 24. Through process of supposition, I also found a 1860 census with Palmer Holmes and wife Fanny, Morgan Co. with son Phillip aged 14, and the same family with Phillip aged 5 in the 1850 census for Morgan. Other siblings listed with this family (combining both censuses) are Louisa, Maria, Henry, Emily, Francis, Mary, and Berlinda, with a possible addition of Stephen, who lived next door at the time of the 1860 census. All siblings were born in Illinois. All of these state that Palmer was born in CT, and Fanny was from NY. Do any of these people have ties to someone on the list? If so, I would love to hear from you. Dawn-Moree Dugan

Hi everyone I'm trying to trace both ancestors and descendants of HOLME of Liverpool. I have information back to 1780's and some lines up to the present. If you are interested look at my web page for full details as at present. www.djholme.fsnet.co.uk David Holme Rotherham, Yorkshire. UK

NATHANIEL HOLMES b. abt 1769 Plymouth Co., Ma. married on 21 Mar 1797 Plymouth Co., Ma. to ELIZABETH DREW b. 27 Jun 1773 Plymouth Co., Ma. Colleen Kitch GuyCol@webtv.net

Hello All, I found this listed in the Stewart Co., TN 1850 census. I'm interested in the William HOLMES listed living with this family. I sent a message to someone researching the Brigham family, and he forwarded to someone else. 1850 STEWART COUNTY, TENNESSEE 988 Daniel BRIGHAM 34 m w farmer 500 Tenn Mary 21 f w Tenn Missouria 6 f w Tenn Laura 4 f w Tenn Virginia 3 f w Tenn Mary 5/12 f w Tenn William HOLMES 14 m w Tenn Here's his response: "Holmes in this county lived in the area we now know as White Oak. It was District #11 in 1836, #12 in 1856--same piece of land you understand. That note just might help in further research. Daniel Brigham is listed in the 1850 Census there. A Nathaniel Holmes had 2 sons. He was the son of Albert who died in Nov., 1840 & named Nathaniel in his will. No marriage record was found for Daniel Brigham. That might have shed some light on a possible connection between Brighams/Holmes. " Does anyone on this list know anything about the family he speaks of??? Or, does anyone know anything about the William HOLMES listed in the census??? I'm still trying to find my gg-grandfather, who was William F. HOLMES, b. 1836 in TN. The William listed in this census is just about the right age. Look forward to hearing any responses! Pamela HOLMES Serda

I am desperately looking for my ggg grandfather who migrated to the US in 1858 and was born in Cork, Ireland b. 1831. If you have any info or know where I can get some info let me know please! I am at my wits end. I don't even know where he would have come into the country in 1858. Please help!

Isreal Holmes born 1828 Danube, Herk, NY s/o John Abner Holmes and Charlotte Alida Herkimer.... Isreal married Helen M. Gorton about 1840 Gilbertville, Otsego, NY.... both from <Familysearch.org> International Genealogical Index. Hope that is helpful, C. Day

Someone on the Holmes list asked about what line I'm researching; guess it may be time to post my brick wall to these lists again. My 2nd great grandfather was Hiram HOLMES, b. 2 Aug 1804 in Connecticut. He d. 29 Feb 1864 near Poolville in the Town of Hamilton, Madison County, New York. The only (near) contemporary records I've found of him are entries in the Federal census for 1850 and 1860 (and probably 1840, with the name given as "Ira HOLMES"), New York State census for 1855, his gravestone, and a tracing from a family Bible showing his birthdate. He was near Poolville for those censuses and probably most of his life. No direct information on siblings, parents, or birthplace other than "Connecticut". No record of him in the Barbour collection of Connecticut vital records. Nothing more in Tuttle's "Pioneer Settlers of Madison County" of obvious relevance. There are, however, enough bits of circumstantial evidence to suggest the following is a plausible -- but NOT PROVEN -- account: Hiram was a relative, probably brother, of Henry HOLMES of Vernon, Oneida County, NY and (later) Greenfield, Saratoga, NY. Other probable siblings were Jabez and Nathan HOLMES of Hamilton (Jabez later moved to Hanover, Chautauqua, NY); Phebe WILSON (married name) of Hamilton and North Township, Lake, IN; and Peter HOLMES of Farmersville, Cattaraugus, NY. Peter's father was another Nathan HOLMES (b. 1767) of Hamilton and Farmersville and his mother probably Grace ____ (b. ca. 1771) of Hamilton. Nathan was a child of Samuel HOLMES and Lucretia BILL of the North Parish of New London (later Montville), New London, CT. Samuel was a son of Elisha HOLMES and Sarah BARTLETT of Plymouth, MA and the line goes back from there to the immigrant John HOLMES of Plymouth; other lines go back to Mayflower passengers John ALDEN, Priscilla MULLINS, and Richard WARREN. As I said, none of this is proven. In particular I have no direct evidence that Hiram was brother of Henry, Jabez, Phebe, or Peter; that Hiram's father was Nathan of Hamilton; that Nathan of Hamilton was son of Samuel of New London/Montville; or that Samuel was son of Elisha of Plymouth. There are far too many bits of evidence from too many sources for me to recite them here. If you're interested, more details of this puzzle may be found at my web site, <http://web.syr.edu/~rsholmes/genealogy/index.html> -- follow the "Hiram HOLMES" link. I welcome any information or ideas, and will gladly pass on the information I have to anyone interested. A few particular questions: (1) Is there any primary documentation of Samuel of New London/Montville's family besides his will? (2) Is there any record of Nathan of Montville besides an entry in the 1800 census? (Note there was another, younger Nathan in Norwich, CT.) (3) Is there a death record for Phebe WILSON of North Township, Lake County, Indiana?

we have a john,james and thomas holmes of the same era. their parents names were thomas and mary holmes,and their parents were john and anne holmes.hope this is of some help.

--- Chuck Holmes <cholmeso@supernet.com> wrote: > I am searching for descendants of Thomas Holmes and > Hannah Suggett born in England. They had 5 Children, > Oscar, Henry, George, Dick and Fanny. I am in > Oscar's line but would appreciate any information on > anyone in this line. > Thank you. > > Chuck Holmes > Hello Chuck, My g g g greatgrandfather (or something like that) was George Holmes who married Anna Hill. I do not know the name of his father. What time period are we looking at here? Yours, Jack R. Holmes, II, Ph.D. > > > ==== HOLMES Mailing List ==== > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Sorry to post this to the list, but when I try to send it direct to Laura it bounces -- apparently jas.net thinks my email looks like spam. I complained to postmaster@jas.net but that got bounced too for the same reason. - Rich Holmes Laura Buckmaster wrote: >I believe I have corresponded with you before. I have two Ezra Holmes = >on my tree. One being my great great grandfather, married to Sally = >Wilcox, and one his son. I have been able to find quite a bit going = >forward from Ezra, Sr., but unable to find out who his parents were. My = >information is at = >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=3Dlaura47 > >My Ezra, Jr. was born about 1815 in, I'm guessing, New York. I am = >wondering if your Ezra born about 1836 could be a son (this is just = >another guess). I can't find Ezra, Jr. on the 1880 census, but haven't = >been able to search the 1850 one yet. =20 > >Anyway, I have come a long way on my Holmes family, and wonder if you = >would mind looking at it to see if anything looks familiar. I can't say I see anything to strongly support a connection; on the other hand it's certainly possible. You have the younger Ezra in Oswego and Herkimer counties, which are not too far from Madison county. Essentially all I know about the Ezra I list is shown online. The only information I have comes from the 1870 census population schedule for Hamilton, Madison County, New York, written p. 5, printed page 214: Dwelling # : 40 Family # : 47 Name : Ezra Holmes Age : 34 Sex : M Color : W Occupation : Blacksmith Val. of real estate : 700 Val. of personal est. : 400 Place of birth : New York [Nothing else marked except Males eligible to vote] Name : Almira A. Age : 23 Sex : F Color : W Occupation : Keeping House Place of birth : New York [Nothing else marked] Name : Byron Age : 13 Sex : M Color : W Place of birth : New York [Nothing else marked except In school] Name : Sebor Age : 10 Sex : M Color : W Place of birth : New York [Nothing else marked except In school] Name : Lavina Age : 4 Sex : F Color : W Place of birth : New York [Nothing else marked except In school] [that's what it says in my notes!] Name : Frankie Age : 1 Sex : M Color : W Place of birth : New York [Nothing else marked] I have Byron, Sebor, Lavina, and Frankie shown in my database as children of Ezra and Almira, although of course there's no proof of that in the census and in the case of Byron and Sebor it's virtually impossible. A better guess is that Almira was a second wife of Ezra's and at least the first two children were born of the first wife. Unless Almira's age was really 33, of course... I've examined the Hamilton sections of the New York State census population schedules for 1865 and 1875, and I'm pretty sure this family isn't there. (But these censuses aren't indexed and it's possible I missed it.) Nor is there an Ezra HOLMES in the 1868 Directory of Madison County. So it seems likely he arrived after 1868 and probably had moved on (or died) by 1875. Judging from their non-proximity in the population schedule, Ezra appears not to have been a close neighbor of my ancestors nor any other Holmeses. I have no reason to believe he's connected with my family, although it's possible. Hope this helps... - Rich Holmes

Looking for any information on William H Holmes who married Elizabeth Higgins. They had there first daughter Mary Jane Holmes in 1888 at this time they lived at 63 Milton Street in Bradford, Manchester. Mary Jane later married Charles Hugh Perkin in 1908 Any help would be appreciated.

Does Laura Buckmaster read this list? I tried to email you but my email was rejected by your ISP. Please reply here. - Rich Holmes

I am a 3rd generation born Canadian Holmes, born in 1933 at Toronto, Ontario but currently living in Ottawa. My 3rd Great Grandfather was Richard who was born at St. John's Chapel, near Alston UK in 1763 and died at Grassfield Nov 10, 1836. He married Elizabeth Slack at Alston, May 6, 1790 and she was born June 15, 1766 and died at Grassfield Nov 12, 1847. I am looking for information on their predecessors as well as their children. They had a son Thomas born 1804 and must have had others. Help will be appreciated.

I saw that you have the Holmes back to 1855. My Holmes family came from Denmark where there were Holms. When they moved to America they changed it to Holmes. My Great Grandfather Harold W. Holmes talked with many Holmes and told family members that we were related to Oliver Wendell Holmes could you see if we are Harold's Parents were Peter N. and Anna Chrestine Westergard Holmes. Peter N.'s Parents were Nils and Margaret Bjelku Holmes. Nils and Margaret would go back to the 1855. Thank You Billy Meredith I also have been told that my Holmes side were related to him. What is the best source to find out about O.L. Holmes ancestors? Is there a book? Where on the internet? Will

I really don't know if it would be the man your looking for or not, but there is a man that lives in the Port Arthur TX area in that age bracket. His name is Mark Holmes. He has a brother named Doug, and an older brother, and a sister named Janet.

I'm not sure where Marshall Co. is, but I am related to the Holmes' that resided in the Bunker Hill area. My grandmother was Telitha Frances Holmes. Her parents were James Cicero and Winnie Melissa Holmes (Turnage). Some of my grandmothers siblings lived and died in Bunker Hill. Her siblings names were Baxter, Ethel, Carl, Odes, Addison, Jay & Clarence.

I am seeking any info about Roland Augustus Holmes, my paternal grandfather, son of David Holmes. he was born in Canada, migrated to US in the late 1800's, married Minnie Turner of northern New York State, was employed as brakeman for the New York Central RR, was killed in RR accident in late 1920s. Was the father of James Carlisle Holmes (my father), and Mildred Sophia Davis. Most of the rest of his siblings lived in Canada - Maude Empy, Ida Gallagher, George Holmes - all lived in Brockville, Ont., Can. Thank you - Rosemary Chapple

I saw that you have the Holmes back to 1855. My Holmes family came from Denmark where there were Holms. When they moved to America they changed it to Holmes. My Great Grandfather Harold W. Holmes talked with many Holmes and told family members that we were related to Oliver Wendell Holmes could you see if we are Harold's Parents were Peter N. and Anna Chrestine Westergard Holmes. Peter N.'s Parents were Nils and Margaret Bjelku Holmes. Nils and Margaret would go back to the 1855. Thank You Billy Meredith