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William Thomas Holmes 1887 – 1955 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Feb 1887

Birth Location: St Botolph without Bishopsgate, England

Death Date: 22 Oct 1955

Death Location: Edmonton, Middlesex, England

Father: Alfred Holmes

Mother: Rebecca Ettridge

Spouse(s): Miriam Button

Children(s): Albert Holmes, James Holmes, Lily Holmes, William Holmes, Alfred Holmes, Miriam Holmes, Frederick Holmes, Isabel Holmes, Ernest Holmes, Edith Holmes, Elsie Holmes, Catherine Holmes, Harry Holmes, Frank Holmes

Born in 1887 in St Botolph without Bishopsgate, England, William Thomas Holmes was the child of Alfred Holmes and Rebecca Ettridge. In time, William Thomas Holmes married Miriam Ada Button, and they raised a family that included Albert Holmes, James Holmes, Lily Holmes, William Bertie Holmes, Alfred John Holmes, Miriam Ada Holmes, Frederick Henry Holmes, Isabel Holmes, Ernest Robert Holmes, Edith M Holmes, Elsie R Holmes, Catherine Holmes, Harry C Holmes and Frank Edward Holmes. William Thomas Holmes died in Edmonton, Middlesex, England in 1955.

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Parents

Alfred Holmes
1849 – 1904
Birth Location: Poplar, London, England
AH
Rebecca Ettridge
1854 – 1890
Birth Location: St Luke, London, England
RE

Spouses(s)

Miriam Button
1890 – 1942
Birth Location: Holborn London Middlesex England
MB

Children(s)

Albert Holmes
1899 –
Birth Location: London, United Kingdom
AH
James Holmes
1903 – 1968
Birth Location: London, United Kingdom
JH
Lily Holmes
1907 –
Birth Location: London, United Kingdom
LH
William Holmes
1910 – 1975
Birth Location: Holborn, Middlesex, England
WH
Alfred Holmes
1911 – 1996
Birth Location: Holborn, Middlesex, England
AH
Miriam Holmes
1914 – 1985
Birth Location: Holborn, London, England
MH
Frederick Holmes
1915 – 1957
Birth Location: Islington, London, England
FH
Isabel Holmes
1917 – 1989
Birth Location: Islington, London, England
IH
Ernest Holmes
1920 – 1962
Birth Location: Islington London England
EH
Edith Holmes
1923 – 2021
Birth Location: Islington, London, England
EH
Elsie Holmes
1925 – 2019
Birth Location: Islington, London, England
EH
Catherine Holmes
1927 – 2019
Birth Location: Islington, London, England
CH
Harry Holmes
1931 – 1931
Birth Location: Islington, London, England
HH
Frank Holmes
1932 – 2022
Birth Location: Islington, London
FH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 27 Feb 1887
    Event Place: St Botolph without Bishopsgate, England
    Record Source: 1901 England Census, 1911 England Census, 1921 England Census, 1939 England and Wales Register, Ancestry Family Trees, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, Ancestry Family Tree, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England, UK; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P91/TRI/016, Class: RG13; Piece: 230; Folio: 74; Page: 13, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/921B, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; 1921 Census Returns; Reference: RG 15/938, ED 12, Sch 7; Book: 00938, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; 1921 Census Returns; Reference: RG 15/989, ED 28, Sch 46; Book: 00989

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1901
    Event Place: Hackney, London, England
    Record Source: 1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 230; Folio: 74; Page: 13

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1911
    Event Place: Clerkenwell St James and Clerkenwell St John, London, England
    Record Source: 1911 England Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1921
    Event Place: Islington, London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: 1921 England Census, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; 1921 Census Returns; Reference: RG 15/938, ED 12, Sch 7; Book: 00938, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; 1921 Census Returns; Reference: RG 15/989, ED 28, Sch 46; Book: 00989

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1939
    Event Place: Middlesex, England
    Record Source: 1939 England and Wales Register, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/921B

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 22 Oct 1955
    Event Place: Edmonton, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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