HOLMES ANNEX
Electa Shaw (Holmes) Swain Pedigree
(Start at generation 2, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 17 July 2017
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Origin of
the surname “Holmes:”
Generation
5
4 Hiram H. Holmes (perhaps)
1. Biographical notes:
Born between 1790 and 1800. Died .
1840 US Census: There was a Hiram H. Holmes heading
a household in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household included 1 male under age 5; 1
male age 15 to 20; 1 male age 40 to 50; 3 females under age 5 , 1 female age 5
to 10; 1 female age 10 to 15; and 1 female age 30 to 40. (b.
1812; d. 23 Jun 1853; interred Stockholm Cntr, St.
Lawrence Co., NY).
2. Wife: (?)
Born . Died .
3. Children:
a. Hiram Holmes: See generation 3, below.
3 Hiram Holmes (more info)
"Ira"
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1812 in Massachusetts. Apparently
died before 1860 in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
1850 US Census: Hiram Holmes, age 38 (b. MA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Stockholm Township, St.
Lawrence County, New York. His real
estate was valued at $800. The household
also included his wife, Maryann Holmes, age 40 (b. VT); son, George A. Holmes,
age 11 (b. NYS); daughter, Maryann Holmes, age 8 (b. NYS); son, Nelson N.
Holmes, age 6 (b. NYS); daughter, Almeda N. Holmes,
age 5 (b. NYS); son, Hiram H. Holmes, age 4 (b. NYS); and daughter, Electa S. Holmes, age 1 (b. NYS).
2. Wife: Mary Ann May (more info)
Born about 1811 in Vermont. Died after 1880, but before 1888. Married (1st) Hiram Holmes
by about 1838. Married
(2nd), as his 1st wife, Henry J. Hays (b. Jun 1830 in VT) before 1860.
1860 US Census: Henry J. Hays, age 30 (b. VT) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Stockholm Township, St.
Lawrence County, New York. His real
estate was valued at $1,700 and his personal property was valued at $643. The household also included his wife, Mary A. Hays, age 49 (b. VT); George A. Holmes, age 20 (b. NYS) and employed as a
miller; Henry H. Holmes, age 13 (b. NYS); Orban
Holmes, age 9 (b. NYS);
and Electer Holmes, age 12 (b. NYS).
1870 US Census: Henry J. Hays, age 40 (b. VT) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Stockholm Township, St.
Lawrence County, New York. His real
estate was valued at $1,000 and his personal property was valued at $300. The household also included his wife, Mary A. Hays, age 59 (b. VT).
1880 US Census: Henry J. Hays, age 50 (b. VT;
parents b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Stockholm
Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Mary A. Hays, age 69 (b. VT;
father b. NH; mother b. CT).
Henry J. Hays married (2nd) Hellen L. (?) (b. Sep 1845 in NYS) about 1888.
1900 US Census: Henry J. Hayes, age 70 (b. Jun 1830
in VT; parents b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife of 12
years, Hellen L. Hayes, age 57 (b. Sep 1845 in NYS;
parents b. NYS), who had had no children.
3. Children:
a. George Alfred Holmes: Born about 1839 in Stockholm
Township, St. Lawrence County New York.
Died 26 November 1867; interred West Stockholm Cemetery. Veteran of the American Civil War; served in
Company M of the 1st Regiment of Light Artillery.
b. Mary Ann Holmes: Born 6 April 1842 in Stockholm
Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
Died there 11 February 1926/27; interred Bayside Cemetery, Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York. Resided last with her brother, Orban, at Winthrop, Stockholm Township, St.
Lawrence County.
1870 US Census: Leonard Sayles, age 30 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in New York. His real estate was valued at $4,500, and his
personal property was valued at $2,000.
The household also included his wife, Mary Sayles, age 28 (b. NYS); son,
George Sayles, age 7 (b. NYS); and daughter, Ida Sayles, age 6 (b. NYS).
1880 US Census: Leonard Sayles, age 40 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Potsdam Township, St. Lawrence
County, New York. The household also
included his wife, Mary A. Sayles, age 38 (b. NYS); son, George H. Sayles, age
17 (b. NYS) and employed on the farm; daughter, Ida Sayles, age 16 (b. NYS);
son, Charles Sayles, age 8 (b. NYS); and son, Homer Sayles, age 1 (b. NYS).
1900 US Census: Leonard Sayles, age 60 (b. Apr 1840
in NYS; father b. VT; mother b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in Potsdam Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife of 38
years, Mary H. Sayles, age 58 (b. Apr 1842 in NYS; parents b. VT), who had had
4 children, all still alive; son, Homer Sayles, age 21 (b. Aug 1878 in NYS) and
employed as a farm laborer; and servant, Nora Parker, age 19 (b. Sep 1880 in
NYS).
1920 US Census: Mary A. Sayles, age 77 (b. NYS;
parents b. VT) and widowed, resided in the household headed by her son-in-law,
Alba V. Gotes, age 55 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer in Parishle Township, St.
Lawrence County, New York. The household
also included his wife, Ida Gotes, age 55 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS).
Mary A. Holmes married Leonard Sayles (b. Apr 1840
in NYS), perhaps son of Nicholas and Lydia (?) Sayles, and resided at
Winthrop. They had the following
children:
(1. George H. Sayles: Born about 1863 in New York.
(2. Ida Sayles: Born about 1864 in New York. Married Alba V. Gotes
and in 1920 resided in Parishle Township, St.
Lawrence County, New York.
(3. Charles Sayles: Born about 1872 in New York.
(4. Homer Sayles: Born August 1878 in New York.
c. Nelson N. Holmes: Born about 1844 in Stockholm
Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
Veteran of the American Civil War; enlisted 24 Sep 1861 at Ogdensburg,
New York; discharged 29 Oct 1864 at Atlanta, Georgia; served in Company D, 60th
NY Infantry Regiment.
1860 US Census: Nelson Holmes, age 17 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farm laborer, resided in the household headed by Fredrick Chase,
age 37 and employed as a farmer, in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New
York.
1870 US Census: Nelson Holmes, age 27 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Potsdam Township, St. Lawrence
County, New York. His personal property
was valued at $600. The household also
included his wife, Catharine Holmes, age 30 (b. Canada); son, Charles H.
Holmes, age 3 (b. NYS); son, George J. Holmes, age 1 (b. NYS); domestic
servant, Elizabeth Gurley, age 19 (b. Canada); and farm laborer, John Hayes,
age 20 (b. NYS).
Nelson Holmes married Catharine (?) and had the following
chhildren:
(1. Charles H. Holmes: Born about 1867 in New York.
(2. George J. Holmes: Born about 1869 in New York.
d. Almeda Holmes: Born
about 1845 in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Died 17 April 1881; interred Bayside Cemetery,
Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York.
1880 US Census: Darius Smith, age 57 (b. NYS; father
b. NYS; mother b. VT) and employed as a night watchman, was heading a household
in Potsdam Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife, Almeda Smith, age 34 (b. NYS; parents b. VT); son, Fred'k Smith, age 17 (b. NYS) and employed in a sawmill; daughter, Mary Smith, age 15; daughter, Emma
Smith, age 13 (b. NYS); and son, William Smith, age 6 (b. NYS).
Almeda Holmes married Darius Smith (b. abt 1822 in NYS),
son of Ralph Parker (b. Jun 1795 in VT; d. 3 Apr 1879 in Cleveland Twp, Le
Sueur Co., MN) and Ruth (?) Smith and had the following children:
(1. Frederick Smith: Born about 1863 in New York.
(2. Mary Smith: Born about 1865 in New York.
(3. Emma Smith: Born about 1867 in New York.
(4. William Smith: Born about 1874 in New York.
e. Hiram Henry Holmes "Henry": Born about
1846 in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
1860 US Census: Henry H. Holmes, age 13 (b. NYS),
resided in the household headed by his step-father, Henry J. Hays, age 30 (b.
VT) in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
1910 US Census: There was a Henry H. Holmes, age 63 (b. NYS;
parents b. VT), widowed, and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
f. Electa Shaw Holmes: See generation 2, below.
g. Orban A. Holmes: Born 8
August 1850 in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. Died 15 February 1941; interred West
Stockholm Cemetery. Resided at/near
Winthrop, Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New
York.
1880 US Census: Orbon
Holmes, age 28 (b. NYS; parents b. VT) and employed as a butter tub
manufacturer, was heading a household in Bicknellville,
Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife, Lorena
L. Holmes, age 26 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); daughter, Anna B. Holmes, age 5 (b.
NYS); and daughter, Alice A. Holmes, age 4 (b. NYS).
1900 US Census: Orson A. Holmes, age 49 (b. Aug 1850
in NYS; parents b. VT) and employed as a day laborer, was heading a household
in Hopkinton Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife of 30
years, Lorena L. Holmes, age 46 (b. Jul 1853 in NYS; parents b. NYS), who had
had 4 children, 2 of whom were still alive.
1905 NYS Census: Orban H.
Holmes, age 53 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Hopkinton
Township, St. Lawrence County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Lorena L. Holmes, age 51.
1910 US Census: Orban
Holms, age 59 (b. NYS; parents b. VT) and employed as a laborer doing odd jobs,
was heading a household in the Village of Fort Jackson, Hopkinton Township, St.
Lawrnece County, New York. The household also included his wife of 40
years, Lorena Holms, age 57 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who had had 2 children,
both still alive.
1915 NYS Census: Orban A.
Holmes, age 64, was heading a household in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence
County, New York. (pg 17)
1920 US Census: Orban
Holmes, age 69 (b. NYS; parents b. VT) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household on Maple Street in Winthrop, Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County,
New York. The household also included
his wife, Lorena Holmes, age 66 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS).
1925 NYS Census: Orban A.
Holmes, age 74 (b. US), was heading a household in Stockholm Township, St.
Lawrence County, New York. (pg 7)
1930 US Census: Orban A.
Holmes, age 79 (b. NYS; parents b. VT) and not employed, was heading a
household on Maple Street in Winthrop, Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County,
New York. He was married 1st at age 20,
and his residence was valued at $3,000.
The household also included his wife, Lorena L. Holmes, age 76 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS), who was married 1st at age 17.
1940 US Census: Orban
Holmes, age 89 (b. NYS), with no occupation recorded, was heading a household
in Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. He completed 5th grade, and he and his wife
resided in the same house on 1 April 1935.
The household included his wife, Lorena Holmes, age 86 (b. NYS), who had
completed 5th grade; and hired girl, Mary Richardson, age 75 (b. NYS), who had
completed 6th grade, and on 1 April 1935 resided in Norfolk Township, St.
Lawrence County, New York.
Orban Holmes married Lorence
"Lorena" L. Emery and had the following children:
(1. Anna B. Holmes: Born about 1875 in New
York. Died . Married Wright I. Fleming, son of James and
Caroline (Chittendon) Fleming, on 25 May 1892 at Parishville, St. Lawrence County, New York.
1910 US Census: Wright I. Fleming, age 39 (b. NYS)
and employed as , was heading a household at 21 24th
Street in the City of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. The household also included his wife of 17
years, Anna B. Fleming, age 35 (b. NYS), who had had 1 child, still alive; and
daughter, Keziah D. Fleming, age 15 (b. NYS).
1920 US Census: Wright I. Fleming, age 49 (b. NYS)
and employed as a house painter, was heading a household at 900 3rd Avenue in
the City of Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Anna B. Fleming, age 44 (b. NYS).
1930 US Census: Wright I. Fleming, age 59 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and employed as a decorator in the papering and painting
industry, was heading a household at 900 Third Avenue in the City of Troy,
Rensselaer County, New York. He married
1st at age 22. The household also
included his wife, Anna B. Fleming, age 54 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who
married 1st at age 17.
Anna B. Holmes married Wright I. Fleming (b. about
1871 in NYS) and had the following daughter:
(a. Keziah
D. Fleming: Born about 1895 in New York.
(2. Alice A. Holmes: Born 4 June 1876 in New
York. Died 1 January 1947; interred
Winthrop Cemetery, Winthrop, St. Lawrence County, New York.
1910 US Census: Albion Converse, age 39 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS) and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household in
Hopkinton Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife of 13
years, Alice Converse, age 34 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who had had 2 children,
both still alive; son, Harry Converse, age 11 (b. NYS); and son, Harold
Converse, age 5 (b. NYS).
1940 US Census: Albion Converse, age 69 (b. NYS) and
employed as a meat cutter in a retail meat market, was heading a household at
Winthrop, Stockholm Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife, Alise Converse, age 63 (b. YS);
son, Harold Converse, age 35 (b. NYS) and employed as a bartender in a tavern;
son, Harry Converse, age 40 (b. NYS), who owned and operated a retail meat
market; and granddaughter [Harry's dau], Mary Converse, age 15 (b. NYS). They resided in the same house on 1 April
1935.
Alice Holmes married Albion Converse (b. abt 1871 in
NYS) and had the following children:
(a. Harry Converse: Born
about 1899 in New York. Married (?) and
had the following daughter:
(1) Mary Converse: Born about 1925 in New York.
(b. Harold Converse: Born
about 1905 in New York. Not married in
1940.
2 Electa Shaw Holmes:
Born August 1849/48 in Stockholm Township, St.
Lawrence County, New York. Died
Friday, 24 March 1933, age 85, at the home of her son, George Swain at Great
Bend, Champion Township, Jefferson County, New York. Married George Washington Swain, generation 2 of the Swain Annex on .
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Other, still unidentified,
Holmes names:
1.
Seth Holmes: (more
info) Died about
1825 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Married (?) and had the following children:
a.
Richard Holmes: Born in or before 1811.
b.
Hiram Holmes: Born in or before 1811.
c.
Esther Holmes: Born in or after 1811.
d.
Lucy G. Holmes: Born in or after 1811.
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