Here is a chance for me to repost the information that I have collected. I too am looking for Holmes *possibly* around Leiceister and Lincolnshire although more likely from Yorkshire (I've included some of the Yorkshire info I've collected as well). I've included my Holmes information as well as some other Holmes information I have collected below. Hopefully someone will recognize my Holmes or the information helps someone else! Ann My Holmes information: Descendants of George Holmes Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 HOLMES was born Abt. 18261. He married JOHANNA in Otterington, Yorkshire, England2. She was born March 1832 in Ireland3,4. Notes for GEORGE HOLMES: Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio 1880 Census (emumerated on June 11, 1880): George Holmes, age 56, Laborer, POB: England, FPOB: England, MPOB: England Johana Holmes, wife, age 48, housekeeping, POB: England, FPOB: England, MPOB: England George, Age 21, son, POB: Ireland, FPOB: Ireland, MPOB: Ireland (NOTE: Family Bible says England) Charlotte, Age 17, daughter, dressmaker, POB: England, FPOB: England, MPOB: Ireland ***Place of Birth Info seems inconsistent*** Notes for JOHANNA: 1900 Ohio Lucas County Census shows her as a widow living with daughter Charlotte. Children of GEORGE HOLMES and JOHANNA are: 2. i. GEORGE2 HOLMES, JR., b. December 24, 1858, Bollington, Cheshire County, England; d. May 21, 1940. 3. ii. CHARLOTTE HOLMES, b. December 1862, England. Generation No. 2 2. GEORGE2 HOLMES, JR. (GEORGE1) was born December 24, 1858 in Bollington, Cheshire County, England5, and died May 21, 19406. He married ELLEN ANN KIRKHAM November 04, 1880 in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio6, daughter of EDWARD KIRKHAM and EMMA ROBINSON. She was born November 01, 1859 in Ft. Wayne, Allen County, Indiana6, and died July 10, 1931 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan6,7. Notes for GEORGE HOLMES, JR.: George Jr. was the Chief Clerk in the Roster Department in the Office of the Adjuntant General for the State of Ohio, Columbus, OH in 1895. On February 25, 1895, George Jr. wrote to Col. F. C. Airnerworth (?) requesting the military record of his father-in-law, Edward Kirkham. The complete record was a birthday present for his father-in-law. The present was a "beautiful engrossed picture which will contain a full and complete record of his service." Notes for ELLEN ANN KIRKHAM: Buried in Woodlawn Cemetary, Toledo, OH, Section 37, Plot 105, age 71 yrs, 8 mos, 10 days. Marriage Notes for GEORGE HOLMES and ELLEN KIRKHAM: Married at Calvary Espicopol Church, Toledo, OH by Rev RM High Children of GEORGE HOLMES and ELLEN KIRKHAM are: 4. i. CHESTER WILLIAM3 HOLMES, b. February 04, 1882, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; d. February 20, 1950, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. ii. GEORGE HOMER HOLMES III, b. May 21, 1884, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; d. Unknown. iii. RUTH ELLEN HOLMES, b. August 11, 1891, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; d. Unknown. 3. CHARLOTTE2 HOLMES (GEORGE1) was born December 1862 in England8,9. She married OWEN BLACKMORE Abt. 1878. He was born November 1857 in England9. Children of CHARLOTTE HOLMES and OWEN BLACKMORE are: i. LEROY G3 BLACKMORE, b. February 1878, Ohio9. ii. ALICE BLACKMORE, b. December 1881, Ohio9. iii. ETHA BLACKMORE, b. September 1882, Ohio9. iv. CHARLOTTE H. BLACKMORE, b. December 1889, Ohio9. Endnotes 1. 1880 Lucas County, Ohio Census, 251. 2. Ancestral File, AFN: 383L-VW. 3. 1880 Lucas County, Ohio Census, Page 251. 4. 1900 Ohio Lucas County Census, Vol 95, ED 35, Sheet 23, Line 96. 5. Holmes Family Bible. 6. Kirkham Family Bible. 7. Michigan Dept. of Health, Registrar's Permit for Burial or Removal, No. 8366. 8. 1880 Lucas County, Ohio Census, 251. 9. 1900 Ohio Lucas County Census, Vol 95, ED 35, Sheet 23, Line 96. Other Holmes Information Source: Vital Records Index, British Isles HULME, George Wife: Hannah DALE Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1846 Recorded in St. Michael, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, Englang Husband previously married Wife previously married Husbands father: Thomas HULME Wife's father: Simeon PENDLETON Source: FHL Number 1550974 Dates: 1844-1852 Source: 1900 Census Cheshire 8A NAME REG. DISTRICT VOL. PAGE HOLMES, George Bury 8c 319 Lancashire HOLMES, George Kendal 10b 509 Northumberland HOLMES, George Benjamin Greenwich 1d 156 Yorkshire HOLMES, George Charles Lincoln 7a 414 Leicestershire HOLMES, George Horace [unreadable] 7b 36 Nottingham HOLMES, George Robert Mulford? 4a 604 Essex Source: Ancestral File (I have a lot more info if someone wants it) > HOLMES, George Born 1826 Knayton Village, Yorkshire, England Spouse: Hannah HUTCHINSON Submitted by: Edna Smith Browne, Carlyle Smith Source: International Genealogical Index - British Isles HOLMES, George Mother's Name: Margaret Christening 15 Oct 1826 Thornton-in-craven, Yorkshire, England Ann Roberts ann.r.roberts@worldnet.att.net http://home.att.net/~ann.r.roberts/