George Nelson Holmes (1850 - 1936)

Born 5 Oct 1850 in Picton, Ontario, Canada

Husband of Elizabeth N (McLellan) Holmes — married 25 Aug 1871 in Matawatchan, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1936 at age 86 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Biography

George Nelson Holmes died Nov. 4, 1936...a life long member of the Orange Order ... born in Picton, Ont. 1850 ... resided in Vennacher, Ont. before moving to North Bay ... funeral was held at his daughters home (Mrs. John A. Carmichael) Rev. M.N. Omand conducted services ... buried in Widdifield Cemetery ... George moved from Vennachar in about 1885 due to lack of industry there. The family moved to North Bay where George worked as a carpenter and logger. He homesteaded Lot 14, Con 5, Widdifield Township. When Elizabeth died George bought one acre across the road from his homestead to start a cemetery where he could bury his wife. This cemetery, according to records, is called Widdifield Cemetery. From the North Bay Nugget, Fri., Nov. 6, 1936 NOTE: In 1994 David and Rosa Holmes had the name of the Widdifield Cem. legally changed to the G.N. Holmes Community Cemetery. The first burial in it under the new name Occured on May 9, 1994 and is mentioned in "The North Bay Nugget," Monday, May 9, 1994, p.A-10, col.6, the burial of Bailey, Willis Ray.

Family

• Elizabeth N. McLellan Holmes (1856 - 1902)

Children

• Margaret Mae Holmes McKinnon (1871 - 1941)
• Mary Jane Holmes Irish (1874 - 1935)
• Sarah Elizabeth Holmes Carmichael (1876 - 1958)
• James Johnson Holmes (1878 - 1970)
• John David Holmes (1880 - 1935)
• Edith Ora Holmes Carmichael (1882 - 1949)
• George William Holmes (1884 - ____)
• Albert Edward Holmes (1887 - 1955)
• Ralph Levi Holmes (1892 - 1969)
• Hester Letitia Holmes Hodgkins (1895 - 1992)
• Nina Olga Holmes McCullough (1898 - 2002)

Sources

• FindAGrave
• "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLL-WLM : 13 November 2014), George N Holmes, North Bay, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148157.