Where did he come from and where did he go?

Question

Lawrence Holmes is recorded as the father of my 3 x great grandmother, Sarah Holmes on her baptism record at St Botolphs, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, ENG on 24 Feb 1827.  A marriage record the year before shows Lawrence married Maria Cliff(e) at St Giles, Pontefract, WRY.  Sarah married my 3x g.grandfather, Thomas Addy on 24 Nov 1845 at St Giles, Pontefract and gives her father's name as Henry Houlden.  A marriage record on 1 Sep 1833 shows Henry *Holding* married Maria Holmes (who states she is a spinster) at the Parish Church of Brotherton, West Yorkshire (in the Ponefract District). I have not been able to find any other record for Lawrence Holmes to know what became of him.  The nearest I found was a Lawrence Holmes who died in 1825, registered at Ferry Fryston (Ferrybridge) in the Pontefract District (a year before Maria and Lawrence married).  Where did he come from and where did he go?  I have DNA matches with half cousins who descend from Henry Holding/Houlden and Maria (nee Cliff) but no leads on the surname Holmes as yet.

Comments

Hi Michelle!  I don't know the answer, but here are a few links to sources that you already have, but the links you have in the profile are behind a paywall, thus not accessible to everyone.  

These are not behind a paywall, so you might like to incorporate them as well:

Name: Lawrence Holmes
Sex: Male
Spouse's Name: Maria Cliff
Spouse's Sex: Female
Marriage Date: 24 May 1826
Marriage Place: Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage Place (Original): Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England

Source Details: Roll 30 P.192 R.575
Digital Folder Number: 007566836
Microfilm Number: 1542097
Originating System: EASY
Indexing Batch: M02020-0
 

Citing this Record
"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFW3-GLX : 13 March 2020), Lawrence Holmes, 1826.

and

Name: Sarah Holmes
Sex: Female
Christening Date: 24 Feb 1827
Christening Place: Knottingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Christening Place (Original): Knottingley, York, England
Father's Name: Lawrence Holmes
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Maria
Mother's Sex: Female

Other information in the record of Sarah Holmes
Name: Sarah Holmes
Sex: Female
Christening Date: 24 Feb 1827
Christening Place: Knottingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Christening Place (Original): Knottingley, York, England
Father's Name: Lawrence Holmes
Father's Sex: Male
Mother's Name: Maria
Mother's Sex: Female

Digital Folder Number: 007588600
Microfilm Number: 990763
Originating System: ODM
Indexing Batch: C10845-1
 

Citing this Record
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J9QC-T7C : 20 September 2020), Lawrence Holmes in entry for Sarah Holmes, 1827.

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Hmm!  Lawrence is a labourer (as per baptismal register for daughter Sarah) who can sign his own name on the marriage register - and he spells it Laurence.

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On the marriage record I read Laurence, with a larger c preceding the more faint e at the end? I'm not seeing a middle initial. 

Thank you for noting the Family Search sources.  I shall try remember to cite free to view records so more people can access 

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you are right about no middle initial actually.  I'll edit my comment so it doesn't mislead anyone