Family of Robert HOLMES and Hessie MCAHON
| Husband: | Robert HOLMES (b.c. 1806, bur.1891) | |
| Wife: | Hessie MCAHON (c. 1807-1882) | |
| Children: | James HOLMES (1844?-1916) | |
| Richard HOLMES (1849?- ) | ||
Husband: Robert HOLMES
| Name: | Robert HOLMES1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | George HOLMES ( - ) | |
| Mother: | Martha MCMULLEN ( - ) | |
| Birth | c. 1806 | Ireland2,3 |
| Occupation | 29 Dec 1871 (age 64-65) | Labourer1 |
| Occupation | 31 Dec 1875 (age 68-69) | Labourer4 |
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 (age 74) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland3 |
| 86 1/2 Cambusnethan Street | ||
| Occupation | 3 Apr 1881 (age 74) | Agricultural Labourer; Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland3 |
| Occupation | 10 Mar 1882 (age 75-76) | Coal Miner5 |
| Census | 5 Apr 1891 (age 85) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland2 |
| 7 Simpson's Square | ||
| Occupation | 5 Apr 1891 (age 84-85) | Retired Agr Labourer; Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland2 |
| Residence | c. May 1891 (age 84) | Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland6 |
| Motherwell Poorhouse | ||
| Burial | 13 May 1891 (age 84) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland6 |
| Private burial ground, plot 222 | ||
Wife: Hessie MCAHON
| Name: | Hessie MCAHON5 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | John MCAHON ( - ) | |
| Mother: | Isabella DUFFEN ( - ) | |
| Birth | c. 1807 | Ireland3,5 |
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 (age 75) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland3 |
| 86 1/2 Cambusnethan Street | ||
| Occupation | 3 Apr 1881 (age 75) | Labourer's Wife; Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland3 |
| Burial | 11 Feb 1882 (age 75) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland7 |
| Private burial ground, plot 222 Clearly she can't have been buried a month before dying - suspect this should be 11th MARCH. |
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| Death | 10 Mar 1882 (age 75) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland5 |
| 86 Cambusnethan Street Time of death 1100 |
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Child 1: James HOLMES
| Name: | James HOLMES8,9 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Margaret CROSSER (1855-1908) | |
| Birth | 1844 (cal) | Ireland1,10 |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 6) | Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland10 |
| Heathfield | ||
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 (age 27) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland11 |
| 20 Sunnyside Row | ||
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1871 (age 26-27) | Coal Miner; Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland11 |
| Residence | 29 Dec 1871 (age 26-27) | Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland1 |
| West Quarry Street | ||
| Occupation | 29 Dec 1871 (age 26-27) | Coal Miner1 |
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 (age 35) | Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland12 |
| 7 Glencleland | ||
| Occupation | 3 Apr 1881 (age 36-37) | Coal Miner; Dalziel, Lanarkshire, Scotland12 |
| Occupation | 22 Oct 1883 (age 38-39) | Coal Miner9 |
| Census | 5 Apr 1891 (age 40) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland2 |
| 7 Simpson's Square | ||
| Occupation | 5 Apr 1891 (age 46-47) | Coal Miner; Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland2 |
| Employer/Employed/Neither Employer nor Employed: Employed | ||
| Census | 31 Mar 1901 (age 56) | Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland13 |
| Waddell's Land Main Street | ||
| Occupation | 31 Mar 1901 (age 56) | Coal Miner; Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland13 |
| Occupation | 15 Jul 1904 (age 59-60) | Coal Miner8 |
| Census | 2 Apr 1911 (age 66) | Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland14 |
| 7 Bellmont Terrace | ||
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1911 (age 66) | Coal Miner Hewer; Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland14 |
| Whether Employer, Worker, or Working on Own Account: Retired | ||
| Occupation | c. Dec 1916 (age 71-72) | Coalminer15 |
| Residence | c. Dec 1916 (age 71-72) | Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland15 |
| Death | 18 Dec 1916 (age 75) | Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland16 |
| Cause: Senile Decay Address: 5 Afton Place, Crossgates Time of death 2 PM. Informant was James Holmes, Son. 4 Clydesdale Buildings, HOlytown. |
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| Burial | 20 Dec 1916 (age 75) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland15 |
| Private burial ground, plot 222 | ||
| Occupation | 1 Dec 1957 (age 112-113) | Coalminer17 |
Child 2: Richard HOLMES
| Name: | Richard HOLMES4 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Agnes KELLY (1857?- ) | |
| Birth | 1849 (cal)4 | |
| Occupation | 31 Dec 1875 (age 26) | Coalminer; Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland4 |
| Residence | 31 Dec 1875 (age 26) | Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland4 |
| 12 Branchel? Road | ||
Note on Marriage
Investigate whether Robert and Hessie had any more children.4
Sources
| 1 | ScotlandsPeople, "Scotland Statutory Marriage Record - James HOLMES and Margaret CROSSER" (628/00 0009). |
| 2 | ScotlandsPeople, "1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]" (Census 1891 628/00 014/00 0025). |
| 3 | Ancestry.com, "1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]" (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Cambusnethan; ED: 10; Page: 7; Line: 17; Roll: cssct1881_207; Year: 1881. Accessed 02 July 2011.). |
| 4 | ScotlandsPeople, "Scotland Statutory Marriage Record - Richard Holmes and Agnes Kelly 1875" (1876 Cambusnethan 628/00 0009). Cit. Date: 3 January 1876. Assessment: Primary evidence. |
| 5 | ScotlandsPeople, "Scotland Statutory Death Record - Hessie Holmes" (628/00 0089). |
| 6 | Jim Leonard, "Email from Jim Leonard to Ian Nelson, 19 June 2011, citing transcripts of burials at Cambusnethan from 1861 to 1916". Cit. Date: 13 May 1891. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: ROBERT HOLMES, labourer, Motherwell Poorhouse, aged 84 years, widower. Parents - George Holmes and Martha McMullen. Interred in the private burial ground No.222, 13th May 1891. |
| 7 | Ibid. Cit. Date: 11 February 1882. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: HESSIE HOLMES, Cambusnethan, aged 75 years, married. Parents - John McAhon and Isabella Duffen. Interred in the private burial ground No.222, 11th February 1882. |
| 8 | ScotlandsPeople, "Scotland Statutory Marriage Record - Thomas McLeod JOHNSTON and Maggie Crosser HOLMES" (1904 Bellshill 625/03 0071). |
| 9 | ScotlandsPeople, "Scotland Statutory Birth Record - Margaret HOLMES" (628/00 0655). |
| 10 | Ancestry.com, "1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]" (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Cadder; ED: 7; Page: 9; Line: 6; Roll: 770; Year: 1851. Accessed 02 July 2011.). |
| 11 | Ancestry.com, "1871 Scotland Census [database on-line]" (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Cambusnethan; ED: 19; Page: 35; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1871_120; Year: 1871.). |
| 12 | Ancestry.com, "1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]" (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Dalziel; ED: 14; Page: 15; Line: 6; Roll: cssct1881_212; Year: 1881. Accessed 03 July 2011.). |
| 13 | ScotlandsPeople, "1901 Scotland Census [images on-line]" (Census 1901 Bothwell 625/03 011/0002). |
| 14 | ScotlandsPeople, "1911 Scotland Census [images online]" (Census 1911 625/03 012/00 015). |
| 15 | Jim Leonard, "Email from Jim Leonard to Ian Nelson, 19 June 2011, citing transcripts of burials at Cambusnethan from 1861 to 1916". Cit. Date: 20 December 1916. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: JAMES HOLMES, coalminer, Bellshill, aged 75 years, widower. Parents - Robert Holmes and Esther McGechie. Interred in the private burial ground No.222, 20th December 1916. |
| 16 | ScotlandsPeople, "Scotland Statutory Death Record - James Holmes 1916" (1916 Bellshill 625/03 0296). |
| 17 | Scotlands People, "Scotland Statutory Death Record - Margaret Crosser Johnston 1957" (1957 Carluke 629/00 0592). |