| Birth |
5 Aug 1817 |
Reading, Surrey, England  |
| Died |
24 Jul 1894 |
'Nooitgedacht' then 'The Hall', Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
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| Father |
Thomas Holmes, - I 1820 Settler, b. 1786, England |
| Mother |
Mary Watts, 1820 Settler, b. 1786, England |
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| Family 1 |
Frances Maria Feagan, 1820 Settler, b. 1813, England |
| Married |
18 Dec 1837 |
Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Children |
| | 1. Charles Henry Holmes, b. 1 Oct 1838, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 2. Margaret Louisa Holmes, b. 28 Jun 1840, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 3. Adelaide Susannah Holmes, b. 1842, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 4. Thomas William Holmes, b. 1844, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 5. Sarah Ann Holmes, b. 24 Mar 1846, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 6. Walter George Holmes, b. Abt 1848, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| + | 7. Harriet Holmes, b. Abt 1850, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| | 8. Theodore Holmes, b. Abt 1853, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| | 9. William Edward Holmes, b. 1855, Colesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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| Family 2 |
Margaret Thompson Tennant, b. 5 Oct 1839, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Married |
5 Mar 1862 |
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Children |
| + | 1. Margaret Thompson Holmes |
| + | 2. Thomina Eleanor Holmes |
| + | 3. Mary Tennant Holmes |
| + | 4. Jessie Scott Holmes, b. 2 Dec 1870, 'Nooitgedacht' then 'The Hall', Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
| + | 5. Basil John Holmes, b. 1 Jul 1874, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa |
| + | 6. Reginald Ligertwood Holmes |
| + | 7. Gilbert Thomas Holmes, b. 1 Jan 1881, Nooitgedacht, Bloemfontein District, Free State, South Africa |
| + | 8. Thomas Edward Holmes, b. 23 Aug 1883, Nooitgedacht, Bloemfontein District, Free State, South Africa |
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1817 - 1894 (76 years)