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Early Holmeses
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Jane Rankin (Holmes) Bell was born on March 9, 1728 in Limerick, LK Ireland, and died at age 89 years old on June 7, 1817 in New Hope, Virginia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Rankin (Holmes) Bell.
Rebecca Holmes of Australia was born in 1797 to Jackson John Holmes and Elizabeth Holmes. Rebecca Holmes died at age 63 years old in 1860.
Harriet Holmes of Australia was born in 1800 to Carter Henry Holmes and Dorothea Madge Holmes. Harriet Holmes died at age 75 years old in 1875.
John Holmes of Wanghosp Australia was born in 1801, and died at age 85 years old in 1886 in Wanghosp.
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Holmes Family Photos
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Dorothy H Stewart
Taken at her church, Langdale United Methodist Church. She was an active member in the Women's Club and she sang quite beautifully in the choir. She always decorated the luncheons in the Family Life Center with her tasteful ideas.
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Patricia M Holmes
The obituary photo of Patricia in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) in 1998.
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Irene B Holmes Gravesite
The grave of Irene B Holmes who was married to Oliver Holmes, a corporal in the United States Army.
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Brownie B Holmes
Photo of Brownie B Holmes (center) with Ron and Pat, shared on Ancestry by "zi39"
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Hazel Gertrude (Holmes) Noel
Hazel and husband William This supposedly their wedding picture 1915
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H. H. Holmes - The Murder Castle
This three story 'castle' as it was termed was a crazy custom built torture chamber by Dr. H. H. Holmes disguised as a hotel.
There were soundproofed rooms and mazes of hallways which seemingly went to no where. Similar to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA. A number of rooms were outfitted with chutes that would drop straight down to the basement where Holmes had acid vats, quicklime and a crematorium to dispose of his victims' bodies.
The hotel had three stories and a basement. The first floor was the storefront. The second story consisted of elaborate torture rooms, which contained a chute that led to the basement, and the third floor held more apartment rooms.
There were rooms with hinged walls and false partitions, rooms linked with secret passageways, and even airtight rooms that were connected to pipelines filled with gas which Holmes used as gas chambers. He would then use chutes to deliver the bodies to the basement and once there, he made use of surgical tables and an array of medical tools to dissect them before selling their organs and bones on the black market and to medical institutions
The hotel was gutted by a fire started by an unknown arsonist shortly after Holmes was arrested, but was largely rebuilt and used as a post office until 1938.
There were soundproofed rooms and mazes of hallways which seemingly went to no where. Similar to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, CA. A number of rooms were outfitted with chutes that would drop straight down to the basement where Holmes had acid vats, quicklime and a crematorium to dispose of his victims' bodies.
The hotel had three stories and a basement. The first floor was the storefront. The second story consisted of elaborate torture rooms, which contained a chute that led to the basement, and the third floor held more apartment rooms.
There were rooms with hinged walls and false partitions, rooms linked with secret passageways, and even airtight rooms that were connected to pipelines filled with gas which Holmes used as gas chambers. He would then use chutes to deliver the bodies to the basement and once there, he made use of surgical tables and an array of medical tools to dissect them before selling their organs and bones on the black market and to medical institutions
The hotel was gutted by a fire started by an unknown arsonist shortly after Holmes was arrested, but was largely rebuilt and used as a post office until 1938.
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Dr. Henry Howard Holmes Mugshot
The mugshot of Herman Webster Mudgett aka Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes after being arrested in 1895.
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Holmes Family Tree
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Updated Holmes Biographies
Marian Kathleen Delores (Holmes) Kroetch was born on April 21, 1929 at Montreal, in Quebec, Canada to Everett Holmes and Mildred Richards. She married Hollis Frederick Kroetch in 1965, and they were married until Marian's death on September 5, 1995. Marian Kroetch was buried at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, in Frederick, Maryland United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marian Kathleen Delores "Dee" (Holmes) Kroetch.
Everett Holmes was in a relationship with Mildred Richards, and has a child Marian Kathleen Delores "Dee" (Holmes) Kroetch. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Everett Holmes.
Catherine Elizabeth (Johnson) Holmes was born on May 15, 1930 in Buckingham, Virginia United States. Catherine Holmes was in a relationship with James Ford, and has children Robert Ford and Laura Rosetta Mason. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Catherine (Johnson).
Olive Laura Holmes of Kensington Hill Australia was born in 1896 in Kensington Hill. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Olive Laura Holmes.
Billy Francis Holmes of Amarillo, Potter County, Texas was born on August 5, 1919, and died at age 87 years old on February 6, 2007.
Frances M Holmes of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ was born on January 18, 1903, and died at age 93 years old on September 26, 1996.
Arthur D Holmes of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ was born on June 4, 1903, and died at age 89 years old on August 15, 1992.
Ann Hart Holmes of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ was born on December 30, 1939, and died at age 71 years old on January 1, 2011.
Martha L (Holmes) Langrell was married to Herman L Langrell, and has a child Leo D Langrell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Martha lorene langrell.
Amy Ellen (Heywood) Holmes of Seal Australia was born in 1883, and died at age 80 years old on November 26, 1964 in Sea Lake, Victoria. Amy Holmes was buried at Nyah Cemetery, in Nyah, Swan Hill Rural City County, VIC.
Shekevia Holmes was born to Connie Holmes Hall. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shekevia holmes.
Lawrence Holmes of Danbury, Burnett County, WI was born on July 25, 1943, and died at age 49 years old on March 19, 1993.
Anna H Holmes of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City County, VA was born on November 2, 1932, and died at age 67 years old on September 28, 2000.
Lillian May (Parker) Holmes of Kew, City of Boroondara County, VIC Australia was born in 1883 in Hawthorn, and died at age 60 years old on November 28, 1944 in Kew.
Phyllis E Holmes of Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA was born on September 1, 1921 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois United States to E W Freese and Jesse (Dawson) Freese. She had siblings Agnes McKinzie and Jeanette Swedenberg. She was the mother of Mara Lynn Centers-Byrd and Kathleen Diane Engelhardt. Phyllis Holmes died at age 66 years old on March 26, 1988.
Kathleen Diane (Holmes) Engelhardt was born on November 7, 1946. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kathleen Diane Engelhardt.
Mara (Holmes) Centers-Byrd was born on February 4, 1944 in Sacramento, California United States to Phyllis E Holmes, and has a sister Kathleen Diane Engelhardt. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mara Lynn Centers-Byrd.
Popular Holmes Biographies
I cannot tell a lie? George Washington may have said that but it's certainly not something Herman Webster Mudgett, aka H H Holmes, would have said. He couldn't tell the truth!
He was the 3rd born of Levi Horton Mudgett and Theodate Page Price, having an older brother and sister and a younger brother and sister.
Mudgett graduated from medical school in 1886 and moved to Chicago to set up a pharmacy. But he didn't stop with the pharmacy, he also built a hotel across the street which later became known as the "Murder Castle". Why? Because during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, he was thought to lure women to the hotel, make them get life insurance in order to work for him, and then kill them. No one caught on, the women simply disappeared.
Several years later, however, a friend/accomplice in insurance fraud Ben Pritezel as well as his wife and 2 children were found murdered. Holmes was arrested in the murders. He was tried, found guilty, and hung in 1896. Per his request, his coffin was covered by concrete so no one could disturb his grave. (His request may have been influenced by the fact that when he was in medical school, he dug up graves and sold the cadavers to medical schools.)
Mudgett/Holmes sold his story to Hearst Publications for approximately a quarter of a million dollars in today's money. In that story, he claimed to have killed 130 people. When he was arrested, he claimed to have killed 27.
Holmes/Mudgett had married 3 times. He and his first wife had a son and he reportedly abused her. She left and never looked back. While still married to his first wife, he married his second wife, filing for divorce from his first wife a few weeks later (never finalized). He and his second wife had a daughter. Then while still married to his first and second wives, he married the third.
Read his obituary H. H. Holmes: Obituary
Had a wooden leg.
The Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 25th October 1932.
- LEG AMPUTATED.
SEQUEL TO COLLISION.
Inujured in motoring accident on the Prince's Highway recently,
Mr. Selwyn Holmes, formerly of Goulburn, later had his right leg
amputated below the knee.
Mr. Holmes was riding his motor cycle between Bulli and Thirroul
when he came into collision with a motor car, the force of the impact
badly smashing his leg.
It is worth Googling to find info. Or he is in many books.
The car his cousin (& he) invented is in the Melbourne museum. Called the Thomson steam car. The Dunlop tyre was invevted for this (verbally told). Armadale Victoria. Many photos.
This link has some good info:
He sat as secretary on the earliest RACV (Victoria).
He owned a cordial factory at Woonona.
He died in a hospital room with either (I can’t remember) Blaxland, Wentworth or Lawson. I’m sure it wasn’t Wentworth.
Father: Edward
Mother: Marion
Sister: Annie Ethel Florence
The photo I found is unverified by me of his parents and siblings.
Marian Kathleen Delores (Holmes) Kroetch was born on April 21, 1929 at Montreal, in Quebec, Canada to Everett Holmes and Mildred Richards. She married Hollis Frederick Kroetch in 1965, and they were married until Marian's death on September 5, 1995. Marian Kroetch was buried at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, in Frederick, Maryland United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marian Kathleen Delores "Dee" (Holmes) Kroetch.
The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settler's Adviser.
January 1910.
HISTORICAL TUMUT.
The first mailman to these parts was Ned Holmes. He
carried the mails from Gundagai to Tumut when the
town was on the flat, and he used to herald his approach
by the blowing of a horn to rouse the inhabitants to the
arrival of the much appreciated mail.
The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser.
June 1919.
Licensing Court.
Edward Holmes, Royal Hotel, Euabalong.
William C. Holmes Jr. was born on January 3, 1924, and died at age 62 years old on March 26, 1986. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William C. Holmes, Jr..
James Edward Holmes of Bexar County, TX was born in 1947 at Texas. James Holmed was married to Shelley L. (Brietzke) Holmes on October 15, 1989 in Bexar County, TX.
Dorothy Anne (Holmes) Stewart of Valley, Chambers County, AL was born circa May 16, 1944 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia United States to Leon Willard Holmes. Dorothy was baptized at Langdale United Methodist Church in Valley, Chambers County, Alabama US. Dorothy Stewart died at age 62 years old circa December 24, 2006 at Bethany House in Opelika, Lee County, and was buried circa December 26, 2006 at Resthaven Cemetary Highway 50, in Lanett, Chambers County.
Bessie May (Holmes) Sehon was born on May 17, 1889. Bessie Sehon was married to Russel W. Sehon, and died at age 90 years old in 1979 in Douglas County, Kansas United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bessie May (Holmes) Sehon.
Born in alabama. Private in US army. Service start date 27 Oct 1939. Died VA Medical Center in Ohio. Buried Dayton National Cemetery, Section 16 Row 28 Site 13. Married February 20, 1937 in Covington CO, Alabama. 1940 census Andalusia, Covington CO, Alabama. Lloyd born alabama, age 26, finished 8th grade. Was a laborer in a textile mill. Wife Abbie, age 25, finished 7th grade, seamstress in textile mills. 1930 census father John A Holmes, age 59, born alabama, salesman, grocery store. Mother Belle, age 43, born alabama. Children Stewart h., 24, salesman grocery store, Marjorie M, 22, sales lady, dry goods store, Lloyd, 19, cutter shirt factory, Clarice, 9, female. Confirm parents names and I can do more searching in that direction.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was born on August 29, 1809 at Cambridge, Middlesex, MA in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA, and died at age 85 years old on October 7, 1894 at Boston, Massachusetts. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr..
Ophelia H (Holmes) Banion was born to Amos Harley Holmes Senior (born 1868) and Patience Grant (1869 - 1913). Both parents were born in Georgia. She had six siblings: John, Arthur, William, Belle, Ruth, and Amos Junior.
Ophelia Holmes married "Charlie" Banion (born 1909 ) and they had a son, Charlie Brown Banion (died in 1998).
Emily Holmes was born to Arthur James Holmes Sr and Ira Margaret (Taylor) Holmes Brown, and has siblings Blaney Richard Holmes, Arthur James Holmes, Jr., Celeste (Holmes) Shaw, Gwendolyn (Holmes) Carter, LePearl Foster, Albert Foster, and Douglass Holmes. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emily Holmes.
Celeste (Holmes) Shaw was born to Arthur James Holmes Sr and Ira Margaret (Taylor) Holmes Brown, and has siblings Blaney Richard Holmes, Arthur James Holmes, Jr., Gwendolyn (Holmes) Carter, Emily Holmes, LePearl Foster, Albert Foster, and Douglass Holmes. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Celeste (Holmes) Shaw.
Arthur Eddie Holmes Sr. was born to Amos Harley Holmes Senior (born 1868) and Patience Grant (1869 - 1913). Both parents were born in Georgia. He had six siblings: John, Ophelia, William, Belle, Ruth, and Amos Junior.
Arthur Holmes Sr. married Ada Lee Reid (1910 - 1944) and they had three children: two sons, Arthur Jr. and James Edward, and one daughter.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Arthur James Holmes, Jr..
Gwendolyn (Holmes) Carter was born to Arthur James Holmes Sr and Ira Margaret (Taylor) Holmes Brown, and has siblings Blaney Richard Holmes, Arthur James Holmes, Jr., Celeste (Holmes) Shaw, Emily Holmes, LePearl Foster, Albert Foster, and Douglass Holmes. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gwendolyn (Holmes) Carter.
Holmes Death Records & Life Expectancy
The average age of a Holmes family member is 70.0 years old according to our database of 58,538 people with the last name Holmes that have a birth and death date listed.
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Oldest Holmeses
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Roy Holmes of Clackamas, Clackamas County, Oregon was born on August 18, 1858, and died at age 114 years old in May 1973.
Lorro Holmes of Rison, Cleveland County, Arkansas was born on July 6, 1867, and died at age 112 years old in August 1979.
Amy Holmes was born on April 10, 1886, and died at age 111 years old on March 1, 1998. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Amy Holmes.
Alexander Holmes of Avon Park, Highlands County, Florida was born on June 1, 1874, and died at age 110 years old in August 1984.
Rebecca Holmes of Timmonsville, Florence County, SC was born on May 4, 1899, and died at age 110 years old on December 29, 2009.
Emerson Holmes of Lake Butler, Union County, FL was born on September 24, 1893, and died at age 108 years old on August 26, 2002.
Eunice M Holmes of Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA was born on October 9, 1900, and died at age 108 years old on October 9, 2008.
Mary Holmes of Austin, Mower County, Minnesota was born on April 4, 1879, and died at age 108 years old in April 1987.
Mary E Holmes of Newport News, Newport News City County, VA was born on September 6, 1882, and died at age 107 years old on April 19, 1990.
Mary Holmes of Harrisville, Ritchie County, WV was born on November 26, 1899, and died at age 106 years old on March 5, 2006.
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Recently I discovered that my great grand mother on my father's side was Elizabeth May Patton who was married to William Fletcher Crawford Born: 14 APR 1880.
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