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John Holmes 1824–1899 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1824

Birth Location: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 8 Nov 1899

Death Location: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: William Holmes

Mother: Abagail Higbee

Spouse(s): Delilah Regester

Children(s): Cathern Severns, Hannah Holmes, John Holmes, Mary Holmes, Ellen Holmes, Sadie Holmes, Florence Holmes, William Holmes, William Holmes

John Holmes was born in 1824 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of William Holmes And Abagail W Higbee. In 1850, John Holmes resided in Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania. In 1860, John Holmes resided in Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. John Holmes married Delilah Regester, and had children including Cathern Severns, Ellen Delilah Holmes, Florence Vernard Holmes, Hannah F Holmes, John T Holmes, Mary Holmes, Sadie Caroline Holmes, William Franklin Holmes, William T Holmes. John Holmes passed away in 1899 in Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • John Holmes was born in 1824 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of William Holmes And Abagail W Higbee.
  • In 1850, John Holmes resided in Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania.
  • In 1860, John Holmes resided in Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • John Holmes married Delilah Regester, and had children including Cathern Severns, Ellen Delilah Holmes, Florence Vernard Holmes, Hannah F Holmes, John T Holmes, Mary Holmes, Sadie Caroline Holmes, William Franklin Holmes, William T Holmes.
  • John Holmes passed away in 1899 in Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Holmes
1804–1850
Birth Location: Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
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Abagail Higbee
1800–1850
Birth Location: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

Delilah Regester
1833–1912
Birth Location: East Bethlehem, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Cathern Severns
1861–1932
Birth Location: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
CS
Hannah Holmes
1854–1891
Birth Location: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
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John Holmes
1858–1939
Birth Location: Carnegie, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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Mary Holmes
1865–1935
Birth Location: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
MH
Ellen Holmes
1866–1937
Birth Location: Robinson, Carnegie, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
EH
Sadie Holmes
1869–1941
Birth Location: Robinson, Carnegie, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
SH
Florence Holmes
1871–1941
Birth Location: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
FH
William Holmes
1881–1969
Birth Location: Robinson, Carnegie, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
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William Holmes
1874–1882
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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John Holmes's Ancestors

Self
John Holmes
1824–1899
Birth Place: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
William Holmes
1804–1850
Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Abagail (W) Higbee
1800–1850
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Andrew Holmes
1769–1857
High Sea
Fannie Wells
1773–1846
Benjamin Higbee
1776–1854
Nr Trenton, Pennsylvania, USA
Catherine Bell
1782–1802
Pennsylvania USA
Great-Grandparents
Obadiah Higbee
1732–1808
Anna Brower
1741–1812
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Higbee
1710–1750
Abram Brouwer
1701–
Elizabeth Ackerman
1704–1787

John Holmes's Descendants

1.
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John Holmes (1824–8 Nov 1899) m. Delilah Regester (27 Nov 1833–04 Apr 1912)
  1. 1. Cathern Severns 1861–1932 m. Samuel (Toplis) Severns 1857–1954
    1. 1. John Severns 1888–1892
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Lenore) Severns 1894–2000 m. William (Henry) McKean 1888–1973
      1. 1. Edna (Catherine) McKean 1926–2010 m. Robert (Wilford) Stripp 1926–1990
      2. 2. William (Henry) McKean 1931–2013
      3. 3. Harold (Toplis) McKean 1933–2004 m. Margaret (Ann) Sharkey 1935–2022
    3. 3. William (Thomas) Severns 1882–1959 m. Alice (Maude) Garrett 1883–1970
      1. 1. William (Frederick) Severns 1905–1968 m. Caroline McKean 1903–1977
      2. 2. Samuel (Toplis) Severns 1909–1983 m. Ruth (Florence) Swetland 1915–1996
        1. 1. Grace (M) Severns 1937–2017 m. Clyde (Edwin) McWhirter 1934–2016
      3. 3. Delilah Severns 1907–1908
      4. 4. Alice (Elizabeth) Severns 1912–1951 m. Robert (J) Amend 1916–1967
        1. 1. Shirley (Loraine) Severns 1936–2022 m. Ralph (Crnkovic) Jr 1935–2006 m. Raymond (Francis) Eger 1931–1996
        2. 2. John ("Charles “Jack" Amend) Sr. 1942–2017 m. Eleanor Smith 1939–2011
      5. 5. Catherine Severns 1916–1920
      6. 6. Harry (Lewis) Severns 1917–2007 m. Alberta Stickley 1923–2008
      7. 7. George (Walker Severns) Sr 1920–1965 m. Geraldine Kolling 1920–2003
        1. 1. Bernadette (Lucille) Severns 1942–2018 m. James (Henry Hodgkiss) Sr 1939–2003
    4. 4. Anna (Delilah) Severns 1884–1950 m. William (Revill) Garrett 1880–1969
      1. 1. Samuel Garrett 1907–1982 m. Charlotte Ulmer 1913–1966
        1. 1. Betty (Lou) Garrett 1934–1993 m. Robert (Arthur) Pell 1924–1971
        2. 2. Shirley (Ann) Garrett 1941–2006 m. Charles (Lee Austin) Sr 1936–2004
        3. 3. Ruth Garrett 1944–2013
        4. 4. Charlene Garrett 1946–2019 m. Lawrence Palmer 1937–2003
        5. 5. Gary (Douglas) Garrett 1949–1988 m. Linda (Lea) Appel 1947–2008
      2. 2. Clifford (L.) Garrett 1910–1963 m. Ruth (Irene) Huen 1913–2008
    5. 5. Harry (Lewis) Severns 1891–1910
    6. 6. Sadie Severns 1896–1990
    7. 7. Helen (Margaret) Severns 1902–1990
    8. 8. Edna (Catherine) Severns 1906–1967 m. Ebenezer (Boyles) Lutz 1904–1948
      1. 1. Ebert (Byron) Lutz 1935–2018 m. Dorothy (Louise) Hetrick 1932–2016
  2. 2. Hannah (F) Holmes 1854–1891
  3. 3. John (T.) Holmes 1858–1939 m. Barbara (J.) Shafer 1865–1946
    1. 1. Unnamed Holmes 1910–1910
    2. 2. Marion (Charles) Holmes 1890–1957 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Cornell 1888–1976 m. Mary (Brown Cornell "aka) Carnello" 1898–1961
      1. 1. George (Roy) Holmes 1920–1920
      2. 2. Nora (Catherine) Holmes 1925–2015 m. Richard (Carr) Chilton 1920–2005
        1. 1. Barbara (Lee) Chilton 1950–1998
      3. 3. Ethel (Leona) Holmes 1929–1960
      4. 4. John (W) Holmes 1915– m. Lucille (Margaret) Strawser 1918–2004
        1. 1. John (Roy) Holmes 1939–1994 m. Nancy (Ann) Dorman 1946–1989
      5. 5. Elmer (E) Holmes 1918–1989 m. Anna Joblonski 1917– m. Elnora (Delee) Bowman 1923–1981
        1. 1. Elmer (Earl Holmes) Jr 1938–1965
        2. 2. Gene (Raymond) Holmes 1941–1941
        3. 3. Howard (Melvin) Holmes 1943–1994 m. Carolyn (Ruth) Patton 1945–2004
        4. 4. John (William) Holmes 1947–2012
        5. 5. Gary (L) Holmes 1942–1967
    3. 3. Delilah (R) Holmes 1891–1975 m. Samuel (Henry) Lowar 1890–1972
      1. 1. Rachel (Louise) Lowar 1916–2006
    4. 4. Matilda Holmes 1892–1986
    5. 5. Bertha Holmes 1894–1915 m. William (Jacob) Lowar 1886–1957
      1. 1. Infant Lowar 1915–1915
    6. 6. Hannah Holmes 1895–1966
    7. 7. Ethel (Eliza) Holmes 1897–1979 m. Lloyd (Mason) Fagley 1886–1964
    8. 8. William (Franklin) Holmes 1899–1972 m. Beatrice Hines 1900–1964
      1. 1. Dorothy (Ione) Holmes 1920–2009 m. Wilbert (Armond) Krieger 1913–1987
    9. 9. John (Jacob) Holmes 1901–1983 m. Sarah Reese 1909–1993
      1. 1. Barbara (Rae) Holmes 1937–2023 m. Edward (Leon Zombeck) Sr 1934–1992
    10. 10. Theodore Holmes 1905–1988
    11. 11. Katherine (Barbara) Holmes 1906–1999 m. Daniel (Miller) Parker 1905–1966
      1. 1. Ronald (Lee Parker) Sr 1930–1993 m. Shirley (Anne) Patterson 1935–2007
  4. 4. Mary Holmes 1865–1935 m. Clark –1900 m. Albert (Dallas) McElfresh 1872–1942
  5. 5. Ellen (Delilah) Holmes 1866–1937 m. David Strang 1871–1942
    1. 1. Nellie (Delilah) Strang 1893–1971 m. Vaun (Lee) Hamlin 1879–1963 m. Harry Keisling 1895–1943
      1. 1. Harvey (George) Keisling 1914–1999 m. Eugenia (C) Canel 1914–1972
      2. 2. Ellen Keisling 1916–1988 m. Francis (Pinkney) Kessler 1914–1998
        1. 1. Roger (F) Kessler 1937–2014 m. Virginia (Carole) Delval 1938–2009
      3. 3. Vaun (Lee) Hanlin 1930–2005 m. Charlotte Nester –2015
      4. 4. Audrey (Lois) Hamlin 1931–2013 m. Edward (I) Strouphauer 1929–1984
      5. 5. Wilfrid (H) Keisling 1918–1918
    2. 2. Wilfred (Clayton) Strang 1895–1973 m. Lulu (Luzetta) Shoup 1892–1967
      1. 1. Robert (Wilford) Strang 1923–2009 m. Sylvia Carr 1924–2005
      2. 2. Vance (Calvin) Strang 1926–2000 m. Lorraine Johnson 1930–2016
      3. 3. Donald (Clayton) Strang 1920–1962 m. Jane McMullen 1917–
    3. 3. Paul (Franklin) Strang 1898–1930 m. Margaret (Ruth) McClintock 1899–1958
      1. 1. Paul (Franklin) Strang 1925–1986
      2. 2. Naomi (Ruth) Strang 1926–1996 m. Charles (Wesley) Lyda 1925–2006
        1. 1. Naomi (Ruth) Lyda 1948–2011
      3. 3. George (H) Strang 1927–2001
      4. 4. Dorothy (Jean) Strang 1929–2009 m. Ralph (Lee) Collins 1929–1989
    4. 4. Agnes (Holmes) Strang 1900–1987 m. Lawrence (Orr) Shoup 1898–1967
      1. 1. Evelyn (June) Shoup 1927–2021 m. Richard (Harry) Bock 1921–2002
      2. 2. David (Wilbert) Shoup 1923–1923
    5. 5. David (Finley Strang) Sr 1906–1986 m. Francis (Marian Esther) Shoup 1907–1983
      1. 1. David (Finley Strang) Jr 1927–2015 m. Bertha (Ethel) Caldwell 1929–2002
      2. 2. James (Herbert) Strang 1929–1949
      3. 3. Marion (Jeanetta) Strang 1933–2022
    6. 6. Kathryn (Frances) Strang 1908–2006 m. Phillip (J) Rock 1901–1954
      1. 1. Orville (Paul) Rock 1935–1991 m. Alice Szczerba 1941–2016 m. Shirley Neal –2023
  6. 6. Sadie (Caroline) Holmes 1869–1941
  7. 7. Florence (Vernard) Holmes 1871–1941 m. Hiram (Elwood) Bane 1878–1954
    1. 1. Nellie (Virginia) Bane 1914–1914
    2. 2. Elwood (Holmes) Bane 1904–1970 m. Margaret (Belle) Scharp 1907–1997
      1. 1. George (Elwood) Bane 1940–1997
    3. 3. James (Herbert) Bane 1906–1965 m. Sarah (Louise) Kelso 1917–2010
    4. 4. Sara (Frances) Bane 1907–2003
    5. 5. Marian (Agnes) Bane 1909–1987
    6. 6. Leona (Delilah) Bane 1910–1975
    7. 7. Edna (Katherine) Bane 1912–1990
    8. 8. Florence (Eleanor) Bane 1916–1994 m. Myron (Eugene) Zufall 1909–1963
  8. 8. William (Franklin) Holmes 1881–1969 m. Edna (May) Doolittle 1889–1976
    1. 1. Agnes (May) Holmes 1917–1919
    2. 2. Unnamed Holmes 1907–
    3. 3. William (Karl) Holmes 1912–1976 m. Louise Tyrone 1909–1987
      1. 1. Robert (Wayne) Holmes 1941–1996
      2. 2. Bonna (Lee) Holmes 1941–1990
  9. 9. William (T.) Holmes 1874–1882

John Holmes's Timeline

7 Records

1824
1824
Birth of John Holmes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
1850
1850
Age 26
John Holmes resided here in Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania
1860
1860
Age 36
John Holmes resided here in Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
1863
1 July 1863
Age 39
John Holmes resided here in Robinson, Pennsylvania, United States
Robinson, Pennsylvania, United States
1870
1870
Age 46
John Holmes resided here in Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
1880
1880
Age 56
John Holmes resided here in Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
1899
8 Nov 1899
Age 75
Death of John Holmes in Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1824
    Event Place: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha
    [2] Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 104001-107000
    [3] Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 007501-010650
    [4] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1090; Family History Film: 1255090; Page: 214.1000; Enumeration District: 83; Image: 0626.
    [5] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
    [6] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: .
    [7] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_780; Page: 357A; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Luzerne, Fayette, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_780; Page: 357A; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 July 1863
    Event Place: Robinson, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1090; Family History Film: 1255090; Page: 214.1000; Enumeration District: 83; Image: 0626.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Nov 1899
    Event Place: Robinson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1924, Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 007501-010650
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