Alexander Baird Holmes

1892 - 1916  (23 years)

• Name	Alexander Baird Holmes
  Birth	12 Mar 1892	New Zealand
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Mar 1916	Somme, Picardy, France
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Holmes,   b. About 1789, Raphoe, Co. Donegal d. 7 Feb 1879, Figart, Raphoe, Co. Donegal  (Age ~ 90 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth Mary Baird,   b. Abt 1858, Kilkenny d. 5 Nov 1900, New Zealand  (Age ~ 42 years)  (Mother)
  Siblings	3 brothers and 6 sisters
  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)
  Person ID	I224	1 Crawford-Holmes Family Tree | Holmes Tree
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	John Holmes,   b. 11 Nov 1853, Bighill, Raphoe, Co. Donegal d. 7 Apr 1927, New Zealand (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Mary Baird,   b. Abt 1858, Kilkenny d. 5 Nov 1900, New Zealand (Age ~ 42 years)
  Marriage	1880	New Zealand
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Mar 1892 - New Zealand Death - 1 Mar 1916 - Somme, Picardy, France  = Link to Google Earth