Born in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Leavitt Foss
and Mary Ada Foss
Sister of
Living Foss, Helen Elenor (Foss) Wood, [private sister (1920s - unknown)], Charles Franklin Foss, Thomas W Foss, Manfred Leon Foss, [private sister (1930s - unknown)] and James B Foss
Wife of
William T Holmes
— married
8 Sep 1940 in Maine, United States
Mother of
Danual Holmes, Laurie (Holmes) Stone, Mary (Holmes) Donaghy, William Holmes Jr., [private daughter (1940s - unknown)], [private son (1940s - unknown)] and [private son (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 85
in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jun 2013
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Biography
Laura was born in 1922. She was the daughter of Benjamin Foss and Mary Foss.[1]
Laura married William Holmes on Sep 8, 1940 in Maine.[2]
She passed away in 2008.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24F-RDTC : 13 March 2018), Laura Marie Foss, Birth 02 Aug 1922; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 10,116.
- ↑ "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJ4-MGH : 27 November 2014), William T Holmes and Laura M Foss, 08 Sep 1940; citing Marriage, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta.
- ↑ "Maine Deaths, 1956-1997," database, Maine Genealogy (https://www.mainegenealogy.net/individual_death_record.asp?id=553248 : accessed 13 February 2019), entry for Laura Marie HOLMES, 11 June 2008, citing Maine Vital Records.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMD6-6YZ : accessed 13 February 2019), Laura M Foss in household of Benjamin L Foss, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 18A, line 2, family 425, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 840; FHL microfilm 2,340,575.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMM1-PXR : 15 March 2018), James B Foss in household of Benjamin L Foss, Machias Town, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-56, sheet 11B, line 54, family 176, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1494.
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