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HOLMES, Harry
1891 - 1919 (27 years) Has 24 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1857 - 1915 (58 years)-
Name HOLMES, Harry Birth 24 Nov 1891 George Street, Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, England 
Gender Male Death 8 Jun 1919 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Person ID I4232 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father HOLMES, James Headgoose, b. 19 Mar 1861, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. 1 Oct 1934, Brentham, Ealing, Middlesex, England (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Mother BREWSTER, Elizabeth Ann, b. 1857, Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England d. 13 Mar 1915, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England (Age 58 years) Relationship natural Marriage 14 Oct 1880 Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1881 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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HARRY HOLMES 1891-1919
Harry HOLMES was born at George Street, Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, on 24 November 1891, son of James Headgoose HOLMES and Eliza Ann née BREWSTER. The informant was his father James H. HOLMES.
(GRO March Q 1892 E. Retford 7b 10)
The 1901 census of 31 Jarratt Street, Doncaster, Yorkshire:
Eliza HOLMES, wife, aged 43, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Charles HOLMES, son, aged 16, railway telegraph messenger, born at Thonton, Yorkshire;
William HOLMES, son, aged 13, born at Corby, Lincolnshire;
*Harry HOLMES, son, aged 9, born at Retford, Nottinghamshire.
(RG13/4412/45/3)
From the 1911 census of 4, St. Vincent Avenue, Wheatley, Doncaster, Yorkshire:
James HOLMES, head, aged 50, trade union secretary, born at Kirton, Near Boston, Lincolnshire;
Eliza HOLMES, wife, married 31 years, aged 54, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
*Harry HOLMES, son, single, aged 19, assistant school teacher, born at Retford, Nottinghamshire.
(RG14PN28208/RG78PN1610/RD512/SD3/ED19/SN182)
Harry HOLMES died at 4 St. Vincent Avenue, Doncaster, Yorkshire, on 8 June 1919 aged 27. He was a school teacher. His father James HOLMES of 4 St. Vincent Avenue who was present when he died, informed the registrar. Cause of death was influenza (2 days), pneumonia, and heart failure (5 days).
(GRO June Q 1919 Doncaster 9c 846)
"HOLMES Harry of 4 Saint Vincent-avenue Doncaster died 8 June 1919 Administration (with Will) Wakefield 22 July to James HOLMES organising secretary of the national union of railwaymen.
Effects £220 5s. 2d."
(National Probate Calendar 1919)
The Will of Harry HOLMES [surnames capitalised]:
"4 St Vincent Avenue Doncaster July 6th 1915.
I devise and bequeath all my estate and effects real and personal which I may die possessed of or am entitled to unto my father James HOLMES absolutely.
[signed] Harry HOLMES"
Witness to the signature of Harry HOLMES
Grace BROOMFIELD 25 Mall Road Hammersmith
Elsie Mary DERHAM [who married his father in 1916] Reading House Cleveden Somt.
On the 22nd. day of July 1919 Administration (with this Will) of the effects of the Testator was granted at Wakefield to James HOLMES the residuary legateee and devisee.
His name and that of his brother Charles is inscribed on the memorial marking the grave of of their mother Eliza Ann HOLMES in Doncaster's Hyde Park Cemetery.
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(revised 13.01.2013)