William
Holmes
Born in Co. Donegal, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Holmes I
and Mary (Foster) Holmes
Brother of
John Holmes, Joshua Holmes M.D., James Holmes II, Rebecca (Holmes) Hamilton, Elizabeth (Holmes) Allison, Charles Holmes II, Margaret Holmes, Thomas Holmes, Robert Holmes II, Mary Holmes and Benjamin Holmes I
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 88
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2015
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Biography
William was born in 1767. He was the son of Charles Holmes and Mary Foster. He was educated at Killygordon School and graduated at Glasgow College, after which he kept an academy in England. He entered the British Army in 1798, and served in the American campaign of 1812. After the Peace in 1814 he retired to the North of Ireland. He was married but had no issue. He passed away in 1855.[1][2]
Sources
- ↑ T/2333/1: Pedigree of the Holmes of Meenahoney, with attachments: Public Record Office, Northern Ireland (PRONI), Belfast, Ireland
- ↑ Consists principally of extracts from Baskervilles's Genealogical Tables, 2nd edition, 1927, printed privately at Poona, India, having been compiled by H.D. Baskerville, I.C.S., Collector of Kanera, Karwar, India.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Julianne (Taylor) NcNeill
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Sue (Charnley) Gatherum-Goss :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T585114 [compare], FTDNA kit #454038
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