Holmes Family History
Holmes Name Meaning
English (chiefly central and northern England): variant of
Holme.Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes
near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir.Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb). In part of
western Ireland, Holmes is a variant of Cavish (from
Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Holmes
Name Distribution of Holmes Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Holmes families
 4,662 - 9,321  1,555 - 4,661 |
 1 - 1,554  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Holmes families
|
217 - 432 73 - 216 |
1 - 72 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Holmes census records
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Holmes Family Origin
Holmes Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Holmes Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Holmes Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Holmes census records
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