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Help please - Alice Holmes b. about 1894 - 1900?

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Kevin

Kevin Report 31 Mar 2011 11:15

Trying to find info on Alice M Holmes married to Maurice W Garnham in 1918 Ipswich. I'm pretty sure she is the sister of Robert Holmes b.1901 & the daughter of Nathan Holmes b.1869 in Lavenham Suffolk. Except for the marriage certificate I cannot find absolutely nothing else.

Anything might help?

Many thanks.

PollyPoppet

PollyPoppet Report 31 Mar 2011 11:25

Hi possible

1911 census
Personal Information
Name Alice May Holmes
Relationship to Head of Household Servant
Condition Single
Gender F
Age 13
Estimated Year of Birth 1898
Occupation Genl Domestic Servant
Employed Y
Working at Home N
Place of Birth Shimpting Suffolk
Enumerator Information
Address Shelfanger Road Diss
Parish Diss
Town Diss
Type of Building Private House
Number of Rooms 6
Inhabited Y
Reference RG14PN11444 RG78PN624 RD230 SD2 ED2 SN189
Administrative County Norfolk
Registration District Depwade
Registration Sub District Diss
Enumeration District 2

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 31 Mar 2011 12:02

1901 Census

Name: Nathan Holmes
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Julia Holmes
Gender: Male
Where born: Thetford, Norfolk, England

Civil parish: Great Waldingfield
Ecclesiastical parish: Great Waldingfield
Town: Great Waldingfield
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Sudbury
Sub-registration district: Melford
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Household Members: Name Age
Nathan Holmes 30 Beer retailer
Julia Holmes 28
Olive M Holmes 3
Infant Holmes Under 1 Month



The daughter there seems to be Olive. The marriage certificate will give her father's name.

Flick

Flick Report 31 Mar 2011 12:07

You obviously refer to the marriage record.....not the cert.

If you had the cert, you'd know how old she was when she married......and her father's details

Flick

Flick Report 31 Mar 2011 12:09

Name: Maurice Walter Garnham
Birth Date: 27 Jul 1893
Death Registration Month/Year: Jan 1990
Age at death (estimated): 96
Registration district: Deben
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 10
Page: 2740

Flick

Flick Report 31 Mar 2011 12:24

Person: HOLMES, Nathan
Address: Near 4 Xways Hinderclay Diss

Cost:
You will be charged 10 credits for a transcript and 30 credits for an image, unless you have purchased a subscription for this set of records.



HOLMES, Nathan Head Married M 40 1871 Shepherd Thelford Norfolk VIEW
HOLMES, Julia Wife Married
16 years F 37 1874 Helion Bumpstea Essex VIEW
HOLMES, Robert Son M 10 1901 Great Waldingfield Suffolk VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
10669 Reference:
RG14PN10669 RG78PN574 RD209 SD1 ED4 SN8

Registration District:
Stow Sub District:
Walsham Le Willows Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Hinderclay

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 31 Mar 2011 12:26

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Births Jun 1897 (>99%)
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Holmes Alice May Sudbury 4a 770


Looks like Olive M Holmes in 1901 was actually Alice M Holmes!!!



Dee x

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 31 Mar 2011 12:27

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Alice May Garnham
Name: Alice May Garnham
Birth Date: 25 May 1897
Death Registration Month/Year: Feb 1985
Age at death (estimated): 87
Registration district: Ipswich
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 10
Page: 3279

Flick

Flick Report 31 Mar 2011 12:29

Births Jun 1897 (>99%)
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Holmes Alice May Sudbury 4a 770

Sudbury district includes Shimpling.

No birth reg'n for an Olive May in the district/time scale

The 1901 census image is very clear, but it's entirely possible that the enumerator mis-read his notes when copying the info to the actual sheet

For absolute certainty, buy the marriage cert

Kevin

Kevin Report 1 Apr 2011 22:58

Many, many thanks for the above help, it's really appreciated to a fairley newbie to all this. I never thought about mis-spellings etc re: Olive/Alice I just assumed as Olive wasn't on 1911 cenus & that states a child has died, she was the one. seems I have a lot to learn?

No doubt I'll be back with more questions to the wonderful people on here.

Once more, Thanks

Kev x

Flick

Flick Report 2 Apr 2011 09:13

Speculating somewhat............BUT

Could this be the child who had died?

Births Dec 1896 (>99%)
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Holmes Rose Eva Stow, S. 4a 835
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Deaths Dec 1896 (>99%)
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Holmes Rose Eva 0 Stow, S. 4a 459

Kevin

Kevin Report 2 Apr 2011 10:35

Hi Flick

Blimey, don't know how you manage to find these things, sometimes (as now) I am sitting here spending the last two hours looking for just one thing.

Re the above, Speculative maybe, but for now I shall grab this with both hands (I'm like that).

If you could answer another short question for me I would be grateful concerning Nathan Holmes (as you've shown above) appears to be around on 1871 then disappears until 1901 why would this be?

Anyway, HUGE thanks again for your assistance, you are truly wonderful.

Kev

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 2 Apr 2011 13:08

1871

Name: Nathan Holmes
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Robert Holmes
Mother's Name: Emma Holmes
Gender: Male
Where born: Thetford, Norfolk, England
Civil parish: St Cuthbert
Ecclesiastical parish: St Cuthbert
Town: Thetford
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England
Registration district: Thetford
Sub-registration district: Thetford
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 114
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Holmes 35 Labourer
Emma Holmes 33
Alfred Holmes 14
George Holmes 11
William Holmes 9
Emma Holmes 5
Walter Holmes 4
Nathan Holmes 2
Harry Holmes 9 Months

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1875; Folio: 62; Page: 21; GSU roll: 830857.

1881

Name: Nathan Holmes
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Robert Holmes
Mother's Name: Emma Holmes
Gender: Male
Where born: Thetford, Norfolk, England

Civil parish: Ingham
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Thingoe
Sub-registration district: Fornham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Holmes 45
Emma Holmes 43
Walter Holmes 14
Nathan Holmes 12
Harry Holmes 10
Fanny Holmes 8
Thomas Holmes 7
Albert Holmes 5
Charles Holmes 4
Alice Holmes 3
Herbert Holmes 1 month

Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 1838; Folio: 37; Page: 11; GSU roll: 1341445.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 2 Apr 2011 13:14

1871

Name: Robert Holmes
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Emma Holmes
Gender: Male
Where born: Ingham, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Barton Mills
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Mildenhall
Sub-registration district: Worlington
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 47
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Holmes 25
Emma Holmes 22
Alfred Holmes 3
Ellen Elizabeth Holmes 2
George Holmes 1
Jane Ager 28 Visitor

Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 1142; Folio: 28; Page: 9; GSU roll: 542762


Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1857 Ager Emma Thingoe 4a 895
Holmes Robert Thingoe 4a 895


rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 2 Apr 2011 13:19

In the passing, I would still buy Alice's marriage certificate to confirm that this is the correct family!

1851

Name: Robert Holmes
[Robert Elmer]
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas Holmes
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Holmes
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Ingham, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Culford
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Thingoe
Sub-registration district: Rougham
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 47
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Holmes 44 Shepherd
Mary Ann Holmes 39
Robert Holmes 15
Noshom Holmes 5
William Holmes 3
William Eland 21 Son-in-law
Mary Ann Eland 20 Daughter
Bennet Elmes 1 Grandson

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1791; Folio: 427; Page: 14; GSU roll: 207440

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 2 Apr 2011 13:28

Not finding any of the family in 1891 yet.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 2 Apr 2011 13:37

1851??

Name: Emma Ager
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: James Ager
Mother's Name: Charlotte Ager
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Little Livermere, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Little Livermere
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Thingoe
Sub-registration district: Rougham
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 10
Household Members: Name Age
James Ager 46
Charlotte Ager 40
George Ager 20
Caroline Ager 16
Emma Ager 12
David Ager 9
Ellen Ager 6
Alfred Ager 3
Elizabeth Ager 6 MO

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1791; Folio: 467; Page: 19; GSU roll: 207440.

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 2 Apr 2011 13:41

Sister Jane who was visiting Robert and Emma in 1871 is with the above family in 1841 but for some reason it won't let me post it here!!!!!!

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 2 Apr 2011 13:45

I saw that Dee but I think that it is a different Nathan.

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Births Sep 1868 (>99%)
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ELMER Nathan Thetford 4b 392

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Births Dec 1868 (>99%)
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HOLMES Nathan Thetford 4b 386

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 2 Apr 2011 13:47

1841

Name: Charlotte Ager
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Gender: Female
Where born: Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Livermere Parva
Hundred: Blackbourn
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Thingoe
Sub-registration district: Ickworth
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James Ager 40
Charlotte Ager 35
Henry Ager 14
George Ager 12
Jane Ager 8
Caroline Ager 6
Emma Ager 2
Mary Rainer 70