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HOLMES, Hilda
1916 - 2000 (83 years) Has 28 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1884 - 1917 (33 years)-
Name HOLMES, Hilda Birth 11 Apr 1916 Blackburn, Lancashire, England 
Gender Female Death 2000 Chichester Registration District, Sussex Person ID I6129 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HOLMES, Charles, b. 2 Jun 1884, Thornton, Yorkshire, England d. 20 Nov 1917, Active Service In World War 1 (Age 33 years) Mother RATCLIFFE, Florence May, b. 1888, Chorley, Lancashirel, England d. 1980, Beverley Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 92 years) Marriage 13 Feb 1915 Chorley, Lancashirel, England Family ID F1887 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WILDE, Norman O., b. 1916, Fylde, Lancashire, England d. 10 Oct 1972, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England (Age 56 years) Marriage 1944 Blackpool, Lancashire, England Children 1. WILDE, Martin P. O., b. 1950, Fylde, Lancashire, England d. 1958, Hull Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 8 years)Family ID F2347 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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HILDA HOLMES 1916-2000
The birth of Hilda HOLMES was registered in 1916. According to the registration of her death in 2000, she was born on 11 April 1916.
(GRO June Q 1916 [RATCLIFFE] Blackburn 8e 499)
Her grandfather 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.
From the 1939 Register for 365 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool C. B., Lancashire: May F (Florence M) HOLMES, born 6 July 1888, unpaid domestic duties, widowed;
*Hilda ONLEY-WILDE (HOLMES), born 11 April 1916; typist doctor's secretary, single;
Betsey RATCLIFFE, born 26 May 1860, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Arthur A. ROBERTS, born 17 November 1880, schoolmaster, married.
(RG101/4256G/019/17)
The marriage between Hilda HOLMES and Norman O. WILDE was registered in 1944.
(GRO March Q 1944 Blackpool 8e 1087)
The death of a Hilda WILDE was registered in 2000. The record shows that she was born on 11 April 1916.
(GRO February 2000 Chichester B53B/7792B/148)
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