Edward was born in 1902 in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.[1][2] He was the 8th of 10 children born to Henry Holmes and Mary Ann (Hands) Holmes. Edward was baptised at St John The Baptist in Deritend, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.[3][4]
Edward married Edith Gertrude (Wadley) Holmes in 1927 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.[5] They had no children.
Edward died at the age of 59 in 1962 in Birmignham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom.[6]
Will/Probate dated 7 March 1962 in Birmignham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. Person Named: Edith Gertrude (Wadley) Holmes.[7]
Census
Date: 2 April 1911
Address: 295 Bolton Road, Aston, Warwickshire, England
Death records from 1958 - 1983 are missing from the GRO website. Holmes-14802 11:48, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
Sources
↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F8N-5D6 : 1 October 2014), Edward Holmes, 1902; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Aston, Warwickshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Accessed on 6 June 2021.
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp), database entry for HOLMES, EDWARD (Mother's maiden name HANDS), GRO Reference: 1902 SEP Quarter in ASTON Volume 06D Page 258. Accessed on 6 June 2021.
↑ Ancestry.com. Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Anglican Parish Records. Birmingham, England: Library of Birmingham. Library of Birmingham; Birmingham, England; Birmingham Church of England Parish Registers; Archive Roll: 610
↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZB-5KXG : 8 October 2014), Edward Holmes and null, 1927; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1927, quarter 2, vol. 6D, p. 264, Birmingham South, Warwickshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. Accessed on 25 July 2021.
↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCJ-5YGT : 4 September 2014), Edward Holmes, 1962; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. Accessed on 25 July 2021.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWZ3-TW3 : 7 July 2019), Edward Holmes in household of Henry Holmes, Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. Accessed on 25 July 2021.
↑ Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Original data: Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of TNA, London England. 1939 Register (Series RG101), The National Archives, Kew, London, England.
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