John Holmes

1853 - 1927  (73 years)

• Name	John Holmes
  Birth	11 Nov 1853	Bighill, Raphoe, Co. Donegal
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Apr 1927	New Zealand
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Holmes,   b. About 1789, Raphoe, Co. Donegal d. 7 Feb 1879, Figart, Raphoe, Co. Donegal  (Age ~ 90 years)  (Grandfather)  Jane Wilson,   b. Bef 1830  (Mother)
  Siblings	2 brothers, 7 sisters and 1 person of an unknown gender
  + 1. John Holmes,   b. 11 Nov 1853, Bighill, Raphoe, Co. Donegal d. 7 Apr 1927, New Zealand  (Age 73 years) ▻ Elizabeth Mary Baird,  m. 1880   2. Elizabeth Holmes,   b. 27 Jan 1855, Cottown, Co. Donegal d. Between 1855 and 1857   3. Mary Holmes,   b. 22 Dec 1855, Cottown, Co. Donegal   4. Elizabeth Holmes,   b. 19 Sep 1857, Cottown, Co. Donegal   5. Jane Holmes,   b. 12 Jun 1859, Cottown, Co. Donegal   6. Margaret Holmes,   b. 13 Feb 1861, Cottown, Co. Donegal   7. Ng Holmes,   b. Abt 15-Dec-1862, Coolaghy, Co. Donegal   8. Samuel Holmes,   b. 18 Oct 1864, Brockstown, Co. Donegal   9. Robert Holmes,   b. 27 Jul 1866, Carnowen, Co. Donegal   10. Nancy Buchanan Holmes,   b. 3 Aug 1868, Beltany, Co. Donegal   11. Fanny Holmes,   b. 8 Dec 1872, Beltany, Co. Donegal
  Person ID	I192	1 Crawford-Holmes Family Tree | Holmes Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Holmes
  Mother	Jane Wilson,   b. Bef 1830
  Marriage	12 Nov 1850	Raphoe, Co. Donegal
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Mary Baird,   b. Abt 1858, Kilkenny d. 5 Nov 1900, New Zealand (Age ~ 42 years)
  Marriage	1880	New Zealand
  Children	1. Elizabeth Anne Holmes,   b. 26 Aug 1881, New Zealand d. 6 Nov 1883, New Zealand (Age 2 years)   2. Harriet Holmes,   b. 20 Sep 1882, New Zealand   3. Jane Wilson Holmes,   b. 12 Jan 1884, New Zealand d. Between Sep 1946 and Feb 1949, New Zealand (Age 62 years)   4. Helen Holmes,   b. 23 Sep 1885, New Zealand d. 5 Aug 1976, New Zealand (Age 90 years)   5. Margaret Ramsay Holmes,   b. 27 Sep 1887, New Zealand d. 14 Sep 1965, New Zealand (Age 77 years)   6. Samuel Holmes,   b. 29 Mar 1889, New Zealand d. 19 Oct 1957, New Zealand (Age 68 years)   7. Edith Barry Holmes,   b. 12 Jan 1891, New Zealand d. 18 Nov 1918, New Zealand (Age 27 years)   8. Alexander Baird Holmes,   b. 12 Mar 1892, New Zealand d. 1 Mar 1916, Somme, Picardy, France (Age 23 years)   9. John Thomas Holmes,   b. 10 May 1896, New Zealand d. 28 Nov 1918, New Zealand (Age 22 years)   10. Andrew Holmes,   b. 31 Jan 1899, New Zealand d. 26 Jun 1979, New Zealand (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 1880 - New Zealand Death - 7 Apr 1927 - New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  John Holms and Elizabeth Mary Baird married in New Zealand 1880

  
  

• Notes

  Descendant Details taken from Judith May Maher tree on My Heritage