My family has tantalizing rumors about a connection to Gideon Holmes; all unproven. My ancestor is James Shadrach Holmes, b. ~1788, prob. NC and d. 1866 in Rankin Co. MS. Have found no record of him prior to 1799 when the Augusta (GA) Chronicle listed "Shadrack Holmes" as having had a letter at the postoffice in Columbia GA. Am presuming this may be my Shadrack as he married Keziah Cox of Augusta GA and Edgefield SC ~1810 and that would place him in the area. Her family and two earlier generations (Cox, Wood and Wallicon) were on both sides of the Savannah River from 1764-early 1800s. An elderly relative (now deceased) told me that when she was researching in the early 1970s she was told that our James connected to a Gabriel Holmes. Certainly there are mentions of a Shadrach in Hambersham and Elbert counties. James Shadrach Holmes and wife were in Conecuh Co. AL by 1820, reaching Rankin County MS by mid 1840's. Children were named: Sarah A., Jane, Martha, George Washington, Ellen, William Decatur, Keziah, Josiah, Amanda Frances, Abigail Mary, James Shadrach Jr., Edward Hillary, Blanton Wilcox, and by his second wife, Ada Frances Holmes. The only child's name that definitively traces to his wife's family is Keziah Holmes; none of the other children are named for known relatives in her line (well, also a Martha). Have tons to share downward on this line, but would love to place him with siblings and parents. Thanks!

At 09:19 PM 11/8/00 -0500, you wrote: >Any idea what part of NY this family is from? There are many HOLMES lines >in NY state. Mine are from the Madison County area. > >Becky McBride Guido > >Becky, >I'm not the person you were responding to, but my Holmes family is from >NYS also, and my line is from West Winfield, Herkimer County, NY. Lucy Holmes Stauring

Any idea what part of NY this family is from? There are many HOLMES lines in NY state. Mine are from the Madison County area. Becky McBride Guido

These are names out of the Spokane Directory (year above the names) I do have where they lived THIS IS NOT MY LINE.. I only have this information from books. I can tell you the name and where you can write for copies, but other then what I say I have, I have no other information. If you think one of these folks might be one of your line, I can do further research. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1889 HOLMES, Edward, forman Holmes, Emmett H., porter Holmes, Henrietta, domestic Holmes, Howard C. Holmes, Israel, porter Holmes, James C., saloon Holmes, John R., porter 1890 HOLM, Abraham HOLM, Charles, foreman HOLM, Frank R., laborer HOLM, John, laborer HOLMES, Mrs. Charlotte, matron, Home of the Friendless Holmes, David R., carpenter Holmes, Edward, cornice maker Holmes, Edward, engineer Holmes, Emmet, porter Holmes, Frank F. clerk Holmes, George, laborer Holmes, Howard C., railroad contractor Holmes, Isreal J., laborer Holmes, James C., saloon Holmes, John R. , janitor Holmes, Theodore, collector Holmes, William K. 1895 HOLM, Abraham HOLM, Erik, teaming contractor HOLM, Oskar F., laborer HOLMES, Emmet, clerk Holmes, Frank S. , civil Eng. Holmes, Israel H., barber Holmes, James C., saloon Holmes, John, laborer Holmes, John R., janitor Holmes, William K., bailiff ==++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There is also a GEORGE HOLMES mentioned in a book THE MOUNTAIN MEN "A tragic incident of this expedition greatly impressed the adventurous young trader (Charles Larpenteur). One night a mad wolf rushed in among the sleeping campers and bit Larpenter's friend, GEORGE HOLMES. A short time before, one of their cattle had been bitten and when Holmes heard the poor beast bellowing madley, he expressed his fears to Charles that maybe, he too, would go mad. Larpenter tried to calm him, but Holmes soon developed hydrophobia and had to be carried across the stream in a blanket. He got worse until one day he ripped off his clothes and ran into the wilderness and was never seen again." [[ from what I have read I think this George Holmes was from possibly St. Louis Missouri, and I believe he died around the present site of Daniel, WY... from the way the article reads.]]

SPOKANE AND THE INLAND EMPIRE by N.W. Durham C.H. Holmes, one of the prominent citizens of Wilbur who is successfully engaged in the real-estate and loan business, has been a resident of Lincoln county for twenty-two years, and during that time has been identified with various activities. He was born in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, on June 17, 1865 and is son of C.C. and Mary Holmes. The parents were both natives of the state of New York but they removed to Minnesota in 1837 and there the father engaged in the general mercantile and milling business for many years. C.H. Holmes was reared at home and given the advantages of a common-school education. He early layed aside his text books and began his business career, and being a thrifty and entergetic youth of much dermination of spirit he met with sucess. At the age of about 20 years he engaged in lumber and wood business in Sauk Rapids, but believeing that the northwest afforded better opportunities and greater advantages, he disposed of his enterprise in 1889 and together with his young wife, came to Washington. Lincoln county was his destination and upon his arrival here he filed on a homestead three miles from Wilber. He was not familiar with agricultural pursuits, but he is a man of practical ideas and clear judgement and by the intelligent direction of his energies met with a goodley measure of sucess. It was his ambition to again in business, however, and with this thought in mind he applied himself tirelessly to the operation of his ranch. His efforts were rewarded with constantly increasing returns during the succeeding seven years, which, together with the price of his ranch, which he sold in 1896, enabled him to engage in the general mercantile business in Wilber. He carried a well assorted stock of merchandise that he offered at reasonably prices and met with little difficulty in building up a profitable trade. He continued to conduct this store for nine years and at the end of that time sold it to Mr. Parks and in 1906 he opened a real-estate and loan office. This has proven to be a lucrative undertaking and he has negotiated some large transactions. Since engaging in this business Mr. Holmes has been instrumental in the upbuilding and developement of this section of the county, as to through his efforts many settlers have been induced to locate in and adjacent to Wilber. He has aquired some valuable holdings in the Little kettle mining country, that are being developed, and he also owns four hundred and eighty acres of fine wheat land, which rents to good advantage. On the 4th of March 1888, Mr. Holmes was united in marriage to Miss Emma C.G. Waltman, a daughter of J. S. Waltman, a well known veterinary surgeon of Minnesota and they have become parents of: Harry, Roy, Byron, Cecil, Ida, Earl, Sylvia, Ernest, Lea, and Rolland, all of whom are attending school. The family attended the Methodist Episcopalo church and in polotocs Mr. Holmes is a republican. He is a public-spirited man and takes an active interest in all movements that effect the welfare of the community.

I am interested in any information on the ancestry or birthplace of Hugh HOLMES of Newcastle, Lincoln Co., Maine. Hugh was a Rev. War officer and died somewhere between 1800 and 1810, presumably at Newcastle. He married ca 1760, widow Mary HOPKINS. thanks, Charles

My mom did some checking on our line and this is what she found. I am not sure who originally was looking but here is what she sent me back: "All I have is George Holmes B. Abt. 1694 in Duplin, N.C. He had a son George B. Abt. 1726 in Duplin, N.C. The first George had 5 sons Hardy, Frederick, William, George and John. For his wife I have "Head" B. Abt. 1698 in Duplin, N.C. Could be the same person she says but I don't know. Maybe the second George she is talking about." Tracie Ditmore t_ditmore@yahoo.com

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3D73BD8BD006B5F15EDD7A34 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------3D73BD8BD006B5F15EDD7A34 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <3A01F16B.65B650B@origin.net.au> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 09:57:47 +1100 From: "Raymond W. M. Henderson" <batman@origin.net.au> Organization: Researcher & Historian X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: HOLMES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HOLMES] from Burnewang Homestead Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greetings list members, Would anyone on the list be researching the surname HOLMES that would have lived in the Elmore district of Victoria. If so would you make contact with me off the list, as I have some very interesting information I'm sure you'd be interested in! Thanks, Raymond Henderson. --------------3D73BD8BD006B5F15EDD7A34--

My George HOLMES b.1761 Sharon, MA d.1843 Stoddard, NH married Rachel ALLEN in 1781, children Jabez 1784-1852 m. Margaret BURNS, Clifford 1787-1859 m. Nancy THOMPSON and Preston b.1788 d.1857 m. 1st Elizabeth LUND, 2nd Margaret BURK, 3rd Rebecca Whiting SCOBY. Looking for cousins and info on my HOLMES family. Kat in VA Also seeks: Bittenbender, Blahut, Coombs, Davis, Evans, Frankenfield, Peirce, Shafer, Vandermark, Weis, Willis.

I am looking for information about Dr George Holmes, believed born in NH early 1800's, was in Canada for a while, then returned to US. I have reason to think that he was the Dr Holmes of Waldo County, Maine but I don't know for sure. Dave Collins

Greetings list members, Would anyone on the list be researching the surname HOLMES that would have lived in the Elmore district of Victoria. If so would you make contact with me off the list, as I have some very interesting information I'm sure you'd be interested in! Thanks, Raymond Henderson.

George Holmes was living at Salisbury, Rowan Co., N.C. in 1790 when his daughter Dorcas Ann married Joseph McCommon. That is the only record I have of George Holmes. Does anyone know his family or birth date? Excuse me, I do know his will was executed in 1802 and his family consisted of wife Bethea/Bethsia, daughters Mary (who married a Presley) and Dorcas Ann. Thank you, Betty

Rootsweb has the California Death Index for 1940-1997. It's always free! You can also search using soundex or metaphone. <http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi> They also have the California Birth Index for 1905-1995. Check the following site for other states too. <http://searches.rootsweb.com/> Sharon LyndaZach@aol.com wrote: > > Ancestry.com has recently posted the above index. I just checked for Holmes' > and there were 5908 hits. It's free until Nov 10th. > > Good luck. > > ==== HOLMES Mailing List ====

This has a bit more information than the SSDI. I lists: surname,given & midle names, birth date, full death date, place of birth, place of death, social security #, mothers maiden name and fathers surname. What a find! Art

Ancestry.com has recently posted the above index. I just checked for Holmes' and there were 5908 hits. It's free until Nov 10th. Good luck.

This index is also on rootsweb.com free forever --- LyndaZach@aol.com wrote: > Ancestry.com has recently posted the above index. I > just checked for Holmes' > and there were 5908 hits. It's free until Nov 10th. > > Good luck. > > > ==== HOLMES Mailing List ==== > > ===== "Make a bet every day, otherwise you might walk around lucky and never know it." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? From homework help to love advice, Yahoo! Experts has your answer. http://experts.yahoo.com/

I am looking for the family of Emma L Holmes born 1879 in Abilene, Texas. She married John Walter Lanier july 25, 1898 also from Texas. Any Help would be greatly appreceated. Johnny Ray Lanier

Posted on: HOLMES Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/h/o/HOLMES/queries/83 Surname: Holmes ------------------------- Please see reply to the Aistrop search listed also as this will reveal the same information about Jane Holmes. Thanks, Shirley

Just tossing this name out again......this fella was probably born in August of 1844 in either Mt. Vernon Alabama (near Mobile?)? or perhaps a similar sounding name in Louisiana. He entered the civil war from Barlow, Washington Co. Ohio....for the Union forces. Was he a yankee sympathizer who left the South to fight for the North? I believe the middle initial "R" may stand for Ralph...since his grandson was named Ralph Holmes as first and middle names. Henry married Nancy Jane Fish from Ohio (daughter of James and Alice Fish) but somehow they ended up in Pittsburgh PA.....They had just one child, Henrietta, born in 1866 near Marietta OH. Can any one help me on this fella? Maybe this has helped someone else. Thanx Barbara....uprooting family trees in Sacramento.

looking for info on this family. found them in the 1900 census. in Wa. They are the parents of Margaret Jane (Holmes) Allen born 1862 Iowa. I believe she has a brother William and 4 other siblings. Anyone out there from this family? Any HOLMES born in Iowa between 1860 and abt 1880. whose parents were John and Margaret from Pa wohm were born 1833. > John Holmes and wife Margaret are living in the Harrison Precinct of Whatcom > County. His date of birth is Jul 1833, hers is Aug 1833. Both age 66, > married 40 years. She has 6 living children of 6 children born. They were > both born in PA. His father was born in Scotland, his mother in Ireland. > Both of her parents were born in Ireland. > >f