Son of Thomas Holmes and Fanny Soper, baptised on the 30th of July 1796 in Sherborne, Dorset
Married Eliza Williams 3 born about 1807 in Axminster, Devon 1
Children 1
Jane, b c1830 in Bath
William, b 1831/2 in Bath
John Thomas b 1833/4 in Bath
Henry b 1835/6 in Bath
Albert b 1837/8 in Bath
Julia Mary, born 1846 in Bath 3
Died on the 10th of Jul 1863 in Bridgwater, Somerset 4
1 The Don Ross & Jeanne (Guppy) Ross Family Tree on Ancestry.com provides the following information (not yet checked)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~guppyross/gushue.html (cached)
2 1841 census, 1861 census living in Bath. 1851 census visiting his prospective son-in-law in Bridgwater while the family remained in Bath. The family's ages in the three censuses are inconsistent - Thomas, Henry and Albert all being three years younger than the 1841 census indicates. The age of William (the father) in 1841 is consistent with the 1796 baptism (40-44) but he has gained 2 years by 1851 and 5 years by 1861. Eliza gains 4 years between 1851 and 1861.
In 1841 Joan Williams, aged 78, is living with the family. It is suggested elsewhere that Eliza's maiden name was Williams and Joan may have been her mother. Also living with the family is James Staples - possibly the widower of William's sister Fanny.
William R Orford, grandson, in 1861 census is almost certainly William R. Axford.
3 The birth of Julia Mary Holmes, mother's maiden name Williams, was registered in the Abbey sub-district of Bath in 1846 reference ABB/6/445. National index gives 4th quarter of 1846 (FreeBMD 11 4).
Jeanne Ross has pointed out that (from the census) Eliza Williams was born in Axminster, Devon (about 1806). An Eliza, daughter of James Uttermore Williams and his wife Jane was baptised on the 6th of January 1807 in Axminster. James Uttermore Williams married Jane Wheeler on the 4th of December 1799.
4 Endorsement of will in Probate registry