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HOLMES, Robert
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Name HOLMES, Robert Birth Between 1794 and 1795 Moorby, Lincolnshire, England
Gender Male Death 1868 Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Person ID I7181 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Family RICHARDSON, Susannah, b. Between 1800 and 1801, Frithville, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1862, Thornton-Le-Fen, Lincolnshire, England
(Age 62 years) Marriage 27 Jun 1820 Carrington, Lincolnshire, England
Children 1. HOLMES, Charles, b. 1820, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1891, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 71 years)2. HOLMES, John, b. 1824, Boston Fen Allotment, Boston, Lincolnshire
d. Aft 1824 (Age > 1 years)3. HOLMES, George, b. Abt 1826 d. Aft 1841 (Age > 16 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 4. HOLMES, William, b. 1827, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England
d. Aft 1851 (Age > 25 years)5. HOLMES, Ann, b. 1829, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown6. HOLMES, Robert, b. 1831, Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1920, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 89 years)7. HOLMES, Samuel, b. 1834, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England
d. Aft 1841 (Age > 8 years)8. HOLMES, Mary, b. Abt 1837, Newton, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Aft 1851 (Age > 15 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]9. HOLMES, Millicent, b. Abt 1840, Newton, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Aft 1861 (Age > 22 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]10. HOLMES, Burton, b. 1843, Thornton-Le-Fen, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1923, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 80 years)Family ID F1889 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
ROBERT HOLMES 1794 or 1795-1868
Robert HOLMES married Susannah RICHARDSON at Carrington, Lincolnshire, on 27 June 1820. Both were from Frithville, Lincolnshire.
(LFHS Marriage Index 1700-1837)
From the 1841 census of Church Street, Newton, Cambridgeshire:
*Robert HOLMES, aged 45, agricultural labourer, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
Susannah HOLMES, aged 40, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
George HOLMES, aged 15, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
William HOLMES, aged 14, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
Ann HOLMES, aged 10, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
Robert HOLMES, aged 9, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
Samuel HOLMES, aged 7, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
Mary HOLMES, aged 3, born in Cambridgeshire;
Millay HOLMES, aged 1, born in Cambridgeshire.
(HO107/78/8/8/11)
From the 1851 census of Boston Road, Allotment of Toynton St. Peters, Lincolnshire;
*Robert HOLMES, head, aged 57, agricultural labourer, born at Moorby, Lincolnshire;
Susan HOLMES, wife, aged 50, born at Frith Ville, Lincolnshire;
Mary HOLMES, daughter, aged 14, born at Newton, Cambridgeshire;
Milicent [sic] HOLMES, daughter, aged 11, born at Newton, Cambridgeshire;
Burton HOLMES, son, aged 8, born at Thornton-le-Fen, Lincolnshire;
John Burrel, son-in-law, aged 33, agricultural labourer, born at Bardney, Lincolnshire;
Ann BURREL, daughter, aged 27(?), born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
James BURREL, grandson, aged 1, born at Langrick Ville, Lincolnshire;
William ATKIN, lodger, unmarried, aged 40, journeyman shoemaker, born at Butterwick, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2109/473/11)
From the 1861 census of Thornton-le-Fen, Lincolnshire:
*Robert HOLMES, head, aged 66, agricultural labourer, born at Moorby;
Susannah HOLMES, wife, aged 60, born at West Fen;
Milley HOLMES, daughter, aged 21, born at Newton.
(RG9/2334/85/7)
The death of Robert HOLMES aged 73 was registered in 1868.
(GRO March Q 1868 Boston 7a 269)
Robert HOLMES of Boston Union House was buried at Frithville, Lincolnshire, on 24 February 1868 at the aged of 73.
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