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Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809–1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 August 1809

Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Death Date: 7 October 1894

Death Location: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Reverend Holmes

Mother: Sarah Holmes

Spouse(s): Amelia Jackson

Children(s): The Jr, Amelia Holmes

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in 1809 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of Reverend Dr Dd Abiel Holmes And Sarah Holmes. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes married Amelia Lee Jackson, and had children including Amelia Jackson Holmes, Edward Jackson Holmes, The Honorable Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes passed away in 1894 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in 1809 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America, the child of Reverend Dr Dd Abiel Holmes And Sarah Holmes.
  • Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes married Amelia Lee Jackson, and had children including Amelia Jackson Holmes, Edward Jackson Holmes, The Honorable Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
  • Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes passed away in 1894 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Dr. Holmes's Ancestors

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Dr. Holmes
1809–1894
Birth Place: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Parents
Reverend & Dr. (dd) Abiel Holmes
1763–1837
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Sarah Holmes
1768–1862
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Captain (& Dr. (MD) David) Holmes
1721–1799
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Temperance Bishop
1733–1803
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
Rev Bishop
1685–1755
Temperance Lathrop
1704–1755
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Lothrop
1622–1700
Elizabeth Scudder
1622–1700

Dr. Holmes's Descendants

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Dr. (Oliver Wendell) Holmes (29 August 1809–7 October 1894) m. Amelia (Lee) Jackson (22 May 1818–6 February 1888)
  1. 1. The (Honorable Oliver Wendell Holmes) Jr 1841–1935 m. Fanny (Bowditch) Dixwell 1840–1929
  2. 2. Amelia (Jackson) Holmes 1843–1889 m. John (Turner Welles) Sargent 1814–1877

Dr. Holmes's Timeline

2 Records

1809
29 August 1809
Birth of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
1894
7 October 1894
Age 85
Death of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 August 1809
    Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 October 1894
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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