Son of George Henry Holmes and Elizabeth Davis, born on the 9th of March 1845 in Holborn, baptised on the 4th of May 1845 at St Dunstan's in the West
Married Harriet (Tibbs in 1866 ?)
Children
Albert W., born 1870 in Clerkenwell
Frank W., born 1873/4 in Marylebone
Arthur J., born 1875/6 in Marylebone
Frederick G., born 1883/4 in Battersea
Henry P., born 1886/7 in Clerkenwell
Charles E., born 1888/9 in Battersea
Died 1892 in Wandsworth
1
1861 - A 'pocket book maker' living with his parents in Holburn
1871 - A Booksellers Packer living in Clerkenwell
1881
- in Battersea
1891
- A Publishers Packer living at Battersea
3 The birth of John William Holmes was registered
in the second quarter of 1845 in West London (FreeBMD 2 244)
The marriage of a John Holmes was registered in
the Strand in the second quarter of 1866 (FreeBMD 1b 816) The marriage
of Harriet Tibbs is listed on the same page.
The death of John Williams Holmes at the age of
47 was registered in Wandsworth in the fourth quarter of 1892
(FreeBMD 1d 326)