Gertrude Bernice Holmes

Charles Tarbell Holmes
(1841-1910)

Mary Josephine Packard
(1850-1925)

Frank Coleman
(1854-1938)

Alice Vel Dyer
(1858-)

Frank Roy Holmes
(1879-1956)

Hattie Jane Coleman
(1886-1911)

Gertrude Bernice Holmes
(1910-1998)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Kenneth R. Baird

Gertrude Bernice Holmes ¹ ² ³ ⁴

Born: 9 August 1910, Rockford, IL ¹ ² ⁴
Marriage (1): Kenneth R. Baird in 1929 in Dubuque, IA ¹ ²
Died: 6 February 1998, Billings, MT at age 87 ⁵
Crem.: After 6 February 1998

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Rockford, IL on 8 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Sheet 7A, Roll 417, District 190, Dwelling 93, Family 183
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
806 Elm Street; house owned with mortgage
Gertrude B. Holmes..Daughter..9..IL
(Living with father and step-mother.)
.

• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Beloit, WI on 9 April 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 13A, District 13, Family 332, Roll 2609
Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
306 Garfield Avenue; Home rented $25
Gertrude Baird..Wife..19..IL..married at 18

(Living with husband and daughter.)
.

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Beloit, WI on 10 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 53-20A, Family 162, Roll 4519
Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
2115 Riverside Drive; Home Rented, $30
Gertrude Baird..Wife..29..IL..10th grade

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
.

• Her obituary was published in the Great Falls Tribune on 11 February 1998 in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, United States.

Gertrude married Kenneth R. Baird in 1929 in Dubuque, IA.¹ ² (Kenneth R. Baird was born in 1909 in Bloomington, IL ¹ ² and died on 28 August 1986 in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, United States.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Beloit, WI on 9 April 1930. ¹

1930 US Census
Sheet 13A, District 13, Family 332, Roll 2609
Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
306 Garfield Avenue; Home rented $25
Kenneth Baird..Head..20..IL..married at 19..Babbiting(?), Machine Shop
Gertrude Baird..Wife..19..IL..married at 18
Cholareen Baird..Daughter..1m..WI
Esther Seales..Lodger..23..WI
.

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Beloit, WI on 10 April 1940. ²

1940 US Census
Sheet 8A, District 53-20A, Family 162, Roll 4519
Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
2115 Riverside Drive; Home Rented, $30
Kenneth Baird..Head..30..IL..8th grade..Welder, Machine Shop, earned $2800 in 1939
Gertrude Baird..Wife..29..IL..10th grade
Chloreen Baird..Daughter..10..WI..3rd grade
Russell Baird..Son..9..WI..2nd grade
John Baird..Son..6..WI
.

1 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, enumeration district (ED) 13, sheet 13A, family 332, Kenneth R. Baird and Gertrude Bernice Holmes; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2609.

2 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin, United States, enumeration district (ED) 53-20A, sheet 8A, household 162, Kenneth R. Baird and Gertrude Bernice Holmes; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 22 Mar 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 4519.

3 Lisa Holmes, "Lisa Holmes Family Tree," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3110691 : accessed 24 Oct 2014).

4 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 190, sheet 7A, dwelling 93, family 183, Frank Roy Holmes and Josephine Anna Fanning; index and images (accessed 24 Oct 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 417.

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