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HOLMES, Mary Elizabeth
1881 - 1975 (93 years) Has 24 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1861 - 1934 (73 years)-
Name HOLMES, Mary Elizabeth Birth 31 Mar 1881 Fosdyke, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1975 Colchester Registration District, Essex, England Person ID I4228 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HOLMES, James Headgoose, b. 19 Mar 1861, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. 1 Oct 1934, Brentham, Ealing, Middlesex, England (Age 73 years) Mother BREWSTER, Elizabeth Ann, b. 1857, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England d. 13 Mar 1915, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England (Age 58 years) Marriage 14 Oct 1880 Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1881 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HUTCHINGS, Priesthood, b. 25 May 1889, Sheerness, Kent, England d. 1964, Colchester Registration District, Essex, England (Age 74 years) Marriage 19 Mar 1914 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Children 1. HUTCHINGS, James Henry, b. 25 Mar 1916, Queenborough, Kent, England d. 2006, Colchester Registration District, Essex, England (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1885 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY ELIZABETH HOLMES 1881-1975
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of James HOLMES and Eliza née BREWSTER, was born at Fosdyke, Lincolnshire, on 31 March 1881. The informant was her father James HOLMES of Fosdyke, a farm labourer.
(GRO June Q 1881 Boston 7a 423)
The 1881 census of Fosdyke Bridge, Lincolnshire, taken on 3 April:
James HOLMES, head, aged 20, labourer, born at Frampton, Lincolnshire;
Elisah HOLMES, wife, aged 23, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
*infant HOLMES, son (sic), aged 4 days, born at Fosdyke, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3213/33/10)
The 1891 census of Station Road, West Ardsley, Yorkshire:
James HOLMES, head, aged 30, signalman, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
Eliza Ann HOLMES, wife, aged 33, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
*Mary Elizabeth HOLMES, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Fosdyke, Lincolnshire;
John Thomas HOLMES, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Charles HOLMES, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Thornton, Yorkshire;
William HOLMES, son, aged 3, born at Corby, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/3754/56/1)
The 1901 census of 21 Morledge, Derby, Derbyshire:
George GOODERS (sic), head, aged 33, manager of coffee house, born at Leicester, Leicestershire;
Mary Ann GOODERS, wife, aged 35, manageress of coffee house, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
James F. GOODERS, son, aged 6, born at Derby;
Annie GOODERS, daughter, aged 5, born at Derby;
Elsie Mabel GOODERS, daughter, aged 3, born at Derby;
*Mary HOLMES, niece, aged 20, waitress, born at Fosdyke, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/3214/40/5)
The 1911 census of 5 Broad Street, Sheerness, Kent, lists Mary Elizabeth HOLMES, a 30 year old single confectionary manageress boarding with Edward James ALLEN, journeyman baker, and his family. Her place of birth was said to be Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG14PN4457/RG78PN182/RD62/SD1/ED7/SN20)
The marriage between Priesthood HUTCHINGS and Mary Elizabeth HOLMES took place at the Free Christian Church, Hall Gate, Doncaster, Yorkshire on 19 March 1914. Priesthood HUTCHINGS was a 24 year old bachelor, a potter, of 32 King Street, Blue Towown, Sheerness, Kent, and son of Priesthood HUTCHINGS, a dockyard labourer. Mary Elizabeth HOLMES was a 32 year old spinster of no occupation and daughter of James HOLMES, a trade union official. She gave the address of her parents, 4 St. Vincent Avenue, Wheatley, as her residence at the time of marriage. The witnesses were W. HOLMES and Ethel HUTCHINGS.
(GRO March Q 1914 Doncaster 9c 1126)
Their son James Henry HUTCHINGS was born in 1916.
(GRO June Q 1916 [HOLMES] Sheppey 2a 1983)
Her father James Headgoose HOLMES died aged 73 on 1 October 1934 at 16 Brunner Road, Brentham, Ealing, Middlesex. His occupation was an Organiser for the National Union of Railwaymen (retired). The informant was his (second) wife Elsie Mary HOLMES.
(GRO December 1934 Brentford 3a 230)
Probate of the will was granted on 22 November 1934 to his widow Elsie Mary HOLMES of 16 Brunner Road, Ealing, Middlesex; to his son John Thomas HOLMES a commercial clerk of 23 Selby Road, Ealing; and to his son William HOLMES a commercial clerk also of 16 Brunner Road, Ealing. His effects totalled £6,476.3s.2d. He left £100 to his daughter Mary Elizabeth HUTCHINGS; £50 each to John Thomas HOLMES, William HOLMES and to his granddaughter HILDA HOLMES, the daughter of his deceased son Charles; and £25 to May HOLMES, the widow of Charles.
She attended her father's funeral in 1934 but the newspaper report does not give either her first name or surname. She is referred to simply as James HOLMES' daughter.
(West Middlesex Gazette 13 October 1934)
The 1939 register of 190 St. Andrew's Avenue, Colchester M.B., Essex:
Priesthood HUTCHINGS, born on 25 May 1889, married, railway porter, loading porter, heavy worker;
*Mary E. HUTCHINGS, born 31 May 1881, married, unpaid domestic duties;
James H. HUTCHINGS, born 25 March 1916, single, railway porter, heavy worker;
Charles A. LANKESTER, 9 December 1893, single, railway porter, parcels porter, motor driver, heavy worker.
(RG101/1504D/001/17)
Her brother William HOLMES moved from a private hotel in Torquay, Devon, to live with her and her husband in Colchester in about 1950. He died on 3 February 1953 whilst living at 190 St. Andrews Avenue.
(source: e-mail from Veronica and Mike POWELL in January 2013)
(National Probate Calendar 1953)
Her husband Priesthood HUTCHINGS died aged 75 in 1964.
(GRO September Q 1964 Colchester 4a 506)
The death of Mary Elizabeth HUTCHINGS was registered in 1975. The death registration gives her date of birth as 31 March 1881.
(GRO June Q 1975 Colchester 9 2049)
NOTES & QUERIES:
According to Mike and Veronica POWELL she was known as Polly.
(revised 28.05.2018)