Born in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Yates Lafayette Holmes
and Mary Rae Rose (Stoner) Chandler
Sister of
Eugene Elisha Holmes [half], Mazelle Holmes [half], Phyllis Myrtle (Chandler) Lerno [half] and Arlette (Holmes) Salgado [half]
Wife of
John L Sullivan
— married
1 Jun 1932 (to about 1936) in Orange County, California
Wife of
Maurice Burdette Brown Jr.
— married
5 May 1944 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
John Glendyn Sullivan
Died
at age 69
in Santa Barbara, California, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jan 2015
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Biography
Mary Elizabeth Holmes was born 14 Sep 1913 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States. Her parents were Yates Lafayfette Holmes and Mary Rae (Stoner) Chandler. They lived in Louisiana and moved to Tempe, Arizona before the 1920 Census. George C. Yount, pioneer of Yountville California, is the third great grandfather of Mary. [1]
She married first to John L. Sullivan on June 3rd, 1932, in Orange County, California. [2] John L., son of John L. Sullivan and Cora A (Stone) Sullivan, and was born on Sep. 30, 1908. John Jr. died on Oct. 1, 1985, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They divorced in 1936 but had one son John G. Sullivan before the split.
She married 2nd, Maurice 'Brownie' Brown. Brownie was born about 1902 in Nebraska and died on Oct. 31, 1959 in Los Angeles, California.
Occupation
According to her marriage license, she was a welder and shipbuilder.
Mary was listed as a "Proprietor of Cafe (Owner in 1940 Census) Los Angeles, CA in 1940."
She died 18 Aug 1983 in Santa Barbara, California, United States.
Sources
- ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRK-6LQ United States Census, 1920 Tempe AZ
- ↑ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8FD-3G1 Marriage Record
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~25.00%
50.00%
Kelly (Sullivan) Rishor 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A430683 [compare], yourDNAportal KELc50e099e, Ancestry member kellyrishor
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B21754
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Katrina (Sullivan) Canfield :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MD4127344 [compare], yourDNAportal KATcd0ce153, Ancestry member katrinaology666485
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~1.56%
Frank Holmes :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member holmesfranka
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