Frederick Henry Holmes (abt. 1870 - 1914)

Husband of Caroline Alice (Howell) Murphy — married 17 Sep 1883 (to 1902) in Auckland, New Zealand

Husband of Janet Sinclair (Watson) Holmes — married 4 May 1904 (to 1914) in Auckland, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 1914 at about age 44 in New Zealand

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Biography

Frederick Henry was born in 1859. He married Caroline Alice Howell in 1883^[1]

Maintenance.— Frederick Henry Holmes was charged on the information of his wife, Caroline Alice Holmes, with failing to support his two children.—Mr Hanlon, who appeared for the complainant, said he had been in communication with the defendant, but had not received a reply he expected.— The case was adjourned for a fortnight^[2]

They were divorced in 1902

The suit of Caroline Alice Holmes against Frederick Henry Holmes, was based on the ground of cruelty and desertion. The parties were married on 30th December 1883, and lived together in Auckland for five years. After a year spent at Gisborne, and another year in Wellington, the parties went to Sydney and to Melbourne, where the husband treated petitioner with cruelty because —according to the account given by petitioner —she refused to work at her trade for her husband’s support. Witness had been severely ill through the cruelty she had been subjected to. The children had been supported by Mrs Holmes since November, 1898, and she now sought an order for dissolution of her marriage and for custody of the children. The order was made for decree nisi, with costs ,(£l5) and disbursements,^[3]

He married 2nd Janet Watson in 1904 ^[4]

MARRIAGE

HOLMES—WATSON On May 4, 1904, at the residence of the bride's sister, Upper Union-street, by the Rev. 0. H. Garland, Frederick H. Holmes, youngest son of the late Martin Holmes, of this city, to Janet, youngest daughter of the late John Watson, Wallace Street, Ponsonby, formerly of Papatoetoe. ^[5]

He passed away in 1914 age 55, ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Marriage registration 1883/1693
2. ↑ THE COURTS-TO-DAY. EVENING STAR, ISSUE 9407, 31 MAY 1894, PAGE 2
3. ↑ DIVORCE COURT. NEW ZEALAND TIMES, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 4682, 17 JUNE 1902, PAGE 2
4. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Marriage registration 1904/945
5. ↑ New Zealand Herald 4th July 1904 p : 1 [1]
6. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Death registration 1914/4277