Family History Notebook

Frederick William Holmes

Son of  Thomas Holmes and Eliza Sarah Ealey, born in 1858 in the City of London

Married

Children

?

Died

A 'porter in a Fancy Shop' in  1881

Notes

1    Living with the family 1861, 1871, 1881 but not 1891. Not found in the 1891 census (see #4)

2    The birth of Frederick William Holmes was registered in the third quarter of 1858 in the City of London (FreeBMD 1c 58)

3    Frederick William Holmes was a common name in London of this period. The death of one, aged 25, was registered in the first quarter of 1885 in West Ham (FreeBMD 4a 17). The death of another, aged 26, was registered in the third quarter of 1886 in Shoreditch (FreeBMD  1c 38).

4    There is a Frederick W Holmes married to an Eliza in Hackney in 1891 - but he is a 'surveying instrument maker' and is unlikely that 'our' Frederick learnt these skills.
Another Frederick Holmes is married to Charlotte in Limehouse - a Fish Porter born in Limehouse