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Emma

Emma Report 28 Aug 2014 16:18

Thank you for your help everyone

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Aug 2014 00:26

Emma ................

because you find some information on one site, does not always mean that other sites carry it.

I think Jax is probably correct with her suggestion ............... and the paid sites are refusing to pay freereg for the privilege to access it :-)


you could try familysearch, the Mormon site ...... which is also a free site.

https://familysearch.org/search




sorry ................. it isn't on there either

jax

jax Report 27 Aug 2014 11:59

Probably because freereg has transcribed them and the other paid sites have not

Emma

Emma Report 27 Aug 2014 11:09

Hi Chris Ho, I am wanting to find the baptism page on another site and I am unable to find it, even with all your help from freereg, I am confused that it is on there but not on some other paid for sites, do you know why? Thanks

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 27 Aug 2014 00:06

:-D :-D :-D :-D

Richard definitely did it deliberately, and I think probably when he registered at the College, whenever that was. He qualified, or whatever they called it, in 1901, but I don't know how long the course was

jax

jax Report 27 Aug 2014 00:03

Oh yes I know it happens Sylvia.....my grandmother said she had two middle names of Gertrude Esmeralda when she married ......it was actually just Mary. Her excuse was thats what she thought they were, as her dad always called her Esme :-D

She found out years later when she needed a copy of her birth cert

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 26 Aug 2014 23:45

Jax ..................


it does happen!!


OH's Welsh grandfather added a middle name sometime around 1895


He has no middle name on his birth registration, nor on any census up to and including 1891, nor on his apprenticeship papers as a Cabinet Maker signed in 1888.

Then he decided around 1895/1896 to go to Theology College, and a middle name appears ............... it's on the graduate roll at the College, on the 1901 and 1911 Censuses, on his marriage and death registrations, his marriage certificate, and on his grave!



I was thoroughly foxed in finding him for several years because OH of course knew of him only with both forenames ..................... and I could not find anyone with those names!


I'd love to find out where the middle name came from, it sounds more like a surname than a forename, but have not so far been successful!

I thought possibly the surname of his Apprentice Master ............. but nope!




His original name and surname combination is very common in Wales ....................... so maybe he wanted to distinguish himself from all the others :-)

jax

jax Report 26 Aug 2014 21:47

If his middle name was Moses, he must of added it himself as it is not mentioned on his birth reg or baptism :-S

Emma

Emma Report 26 Aug 2014 17:43

Thank you all, especially to Chris Ho, this looks like the baptism I was looking for. I do know that his middle name was Moses, alviegal

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 26 Aug 2014 17:02

message sent to Emma to return

safc

safc Report 26 Aug 2014 15:25

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Bathley Street, St Mary, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Print household transcription
Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Holmes Head Married Male 41 1850 Warehouseman Nottingham
Image Transcription
Mary A Holmes Wife Married Female 44 1847 - Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Image Transcription
Alfred Holmes Son Single Male 17 1874 Hosiers Assistant Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Image Transcription
Henry Holmes Son Single Male 13 1878 Errand Boy Nottingham

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 26 Aug 2014 15:25

Baptism
County Nottinghamshire
Place Nottingham
Church St Ann
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth 19 May 1877
BaptismDate 03 Nov 1878
Forename Henry
Sex M
FatherForename William
MotherForename Mary Ann
FatherSurname HOLMES
MotherSurname
Abode Cromwell Terr
FatherOccupation Box cutter

Chris :)

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

(from above link)

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 26 Aug 2014 15:24

or

Name: William Holmes
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Nottingham
Sub-District: St Ann
Parish: St Mary
County: Nottinghamshire
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Thomas Holmes Self M 47 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
William Holmes Son M 21 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Emma Holmes Daughter F 19 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Sarah A Holmes Daughter F 15 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Elizabeth Holmes Daughter F 11 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Walter Holmes Son M 9 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Ellen Holmes Daughter F 5 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Thomas Holmes Father M 77 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

alviegal

alviegal Report 26 Aug 2014 15:24

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England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription
Print individual transcription View image
First name(s) HENRY
Last name HOLMES
Birth year 1877
Birth quarter 3
Registration month -
Mother's last name -
District NOTTINGHAM
County Nottinghamshire
Country England
Volume 7B
Page 275
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 26 Aug 2014 15:23

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Name: William Holmes
Age (Original): 31
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1850
Birthplace: Nottingham
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Printer Compositer
Address: 78 Union Rd
Event Place: Nottingham St Mary, Nottinghamshire, England
Record Type: Household
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 3356 / 121
Page Number: 38
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William Holmes Head M 66 Nottingham
William Holmes Son M 31 Nottingham
Caroline Holmes Daughter F 35 Nottingham
Elizabeth Holmes Daughter In Law F 38 Nottingham
Susannah Cheetham Boarder F 67 Nottingham
Susannah Hallard Boarder F 26 Nottingham

alviegal

alviegal Report 26 Aug 2014 15:19

For ref. Where do you get his middle name from please?

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
4, Cromwell Terrace, Nottingham St Mary, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Print household transcription
Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Holmes Head Married Male 31 1850 Lace Warehouseman Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Image Transcription
Mary Ann Holmes Wife Married Female 34 1847 - Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Image Transcription
Alfred Holmes Son Single Male 7 1874 - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Image Transcription
Henry Holmes Son Single Male 3 1878 - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England


1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Bathley Street, St Mary, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Print household transcription
Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Holmes Head Married Male 41 1850 Warehouseman Nottingham
Image Transcription
Mary A Holmes Wife Married Female 44 1847 - Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Image Transcription
Alfred Holmes Son Single Male 17 1874 Hosiers Assistant Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Image Transcription
Henry Holmes Son Single Male 13 1878 Errand Boy Nottingham

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 26 Aug 2014 15:16

Name: Henry Holmes
Age (Original): 3
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1878
Birthplace: Nottingham
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Marital Status: Single
Address: 4 Cromwell Terrace
Event Place: Nottingham St Mary, Nottinghamshire, England
Record Type: Household
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 3355 / 162
Page Number: 47
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William Holmes Head M 31 Nottingham
Mary Ann Holmes Wife F 34 Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Alfred Holmes Son M 7 Nottingham
Henry Holmes Son M 3 Nottingham
GS Film number: 1341801

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 26 Aug 2014 15:15

Name: Henry Holmes
Event Type: Birth Registration
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year: 1877
Registration District: Nottingham
County: Nottinghamshire
Event Place: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Volume: 7B
Page: 301
Line Number: 356

Emma

Emma Report 26 Aug 2014 14:32

Looking for christening of Henry Moses Holmes born 1877 Nottingham, father William Holmes, mother Marianne, I have searched and continue to on various sites to no avail, can anyone help pleas? thank you