Sgt Major William HOLMES.
Sgt Major William HOLMES Stirling Military Prison, Glasgow
about 1907.
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Sergeant William HOLMES
Thought to be the
William Holmes of Bolehill, Wirksworth
born to:
From Parish Register:
M 1879jan27 HOLMES William(Bolehill),Miner
/LAND Mary ann(Bolehill),#405
Fathers: Walter HOLMES,Miner/John LAND,Miner
Witnesses: John LAND,Milly LAND
Status: b,f/s,f
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Shown in the Census:
For 1891:
#105---Bolehill---(4 rooms)---[Wirksworth]---
W680a William HOLMES Head M 35 M Lead miner Wirksworth
W680b Mary A HOLMES Wife M 37 F Wirksworth
W680c William HOLMES Son 9 M Scholar Wirksworth
W680d John T HOLMES Son 8 M Scholar Wirksworth
W680e Bryce HOLMES Son 5 M Scholar Wirksworth
W680f James A HOLMES Brother S 28 M Railway drayman Wirksworth
W680g George HOLMES Brother S 25 M Railway shunter Wirksworth
For 1901:
#146---Bolehill, 21---(4 rooms)---[Wirksworth]---
(page 21,ED 5, RSD "Wirksworth",RG13/3234)---
W730a William HOLMES Head M 45 M Farmer Wirksworth
W730b Mary Ann HOLMES Wife M 47 F Wirksworth
W730c William HOLMES Son S 19 M Merchants clerk Wirksworth
W730d John T HOLMES Son S 18 M Merchants clerk Wirksworth
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Brassington
1786
Thomas 1813 Elizabeth
HOLMES=====v=====BUXTON
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1814 1821 1823 1823 1827 1828
John George Walter William Hannah Mark
1814 1822 | 1829 1828
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Walter 1847 Anne
HOLMES=====v=====LAND
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1849 1854 1854 1856 1858 1860 1863 1866
Mary Emily Lydia William Mahala Walter James George
Ann | Henry
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William 1879 Mary Ann
HOLMES=====v=====LAND
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1882 1883 1886
William John T Bryce
(man on
horse)
The mysterious Manuscript Book 1855
mentions people in this pedigree and
gives them 'character assessments':
1. Thomas & Elizabeth HOLMES Miner 3 32 F R O
(Faithful, Respectable, Old, 3 children, oldest 32)
2. Walter & Ann HOLMES Miner 4 8 U A
(Undecided, Ablebodied, 4 children, oldest 8)
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Stuart G Flint writes:
At the risk of being told once more that I must be related to everyone
in the Wirksworth area, I have to say that I am related via marriages
to William Holmes via my Land Flint Hoades Walker and Greenhough family
His pedigree is as follows:
Thomas Holmes born at Brassington his fore bares coming as Weavers from
Lancashire
Thomas married Elizabeth Buxton dau of Walter Buxton of Bolehill Lead Miner
son
Walter Holmes born 1823 married Anne Land daughter of my 3XUncle and
Aunt George and Hannah Land nee Brookes of Bolehill George a Lead Miner
at The Bage Mine where members of my Flint family were Agents from the
1790s - 1890s others of my kin having seams in the mine named after them
it is believed George Land was son of my 3XGrandfather George Land who
married Betty Hoades George's sister Hannah Land married James Smith
Mining Agent of Carsington they my Gr Gr Grandparents Their daughter
Sarah married Thomas Cauldwell of Alderwasley he a Police Officer who
was killed in the line of duty at Sheffield aged 29 years..his daughter
Annie married John Walker they my Grandparents (Sarah Cauldwell on
Thomas's demise remarried my 3XUncle Robert Flint of Wigwell Nook Farm
Wirksworth Moor he son of cousins John and mary Flint nee Flint..
John Flint son of my 3XGrandfather John Flint whilst Mary was dau of
Robert Flint who in the 1850s he then in his late 60s emigrated with sons
to Kays Ward Utah as Latter Day Saints ..I am in touch with dozens of my
kin who live at Salt lake City Ogden Layton St George and Kaysville
(was Kays Ward) and have attended family reunions in recent months at
Leek Staffs when over 70 members of the family from Utah attended
son
William Holmes married Mary Anne Land dau of John and Martha Land nee
Greenhough
Martha daughter of John and Millicent Greenhough nee Flint Millicent
dau of my 3XGrandparents John and Elizabeth Flint nee Colledge ..I am
surrounded by Greenhoughs of this family today they living near my home
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