Eliza Ann Blood ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   Cause of her death was Cancer of Uterus.⁶

  Death Notes:

Name: Eliza Ann Blood Holmes
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 31 May 1889
Event Place: Groton, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Age: 58 years 5 months 12 days
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1831
Birthplace: Groton
Burial Place: Groton
Father's Name: Timothy Blood
Father's Birthplace: Groton
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Blood
Mother's Birthplace: Groton
Spouse's Name: Wm. D. Holmes
Source Reference: Blood Holmes, Eliza Ann, 1889
Digital Folder Number: 004224891
Record Number: 171
Reference ID: v 401 p 107

Citing this Record
"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW3P-TJT : 6 April 2020), Wm. D. Holmes in entry for Eliza Ann Blood Holmes, 31 May 1889; citing Groton, Massachusetts, v 401 p 107, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,241.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Lawrence, MA on 28 June 1860. ²

1860 US Census
Page 205, Family 1550, Roll 498, 3rd Ward
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Eliza A. Holmes..29..Massachusetts..House Keeper

(Living with husband and daughter.)
.

• 1865 Massachusetts State Census: 13 May 1865, in Lawrence, MA. ³ 1865 Massachusetts State Census
Family 576, Ward 01
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Eliza A. Holmes..33..Massachusetts

(Living with husband and daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 29 Dec 1830, then her age should have been 34 instead of 33.
.

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Lawrence, MA on 2 July 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 97, Family 821, Ward 1
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Eliza A. Holmes..37..Massachusetts..Keeping House

(Living with husband and daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 29 Dec 1830, then her age should have been 39 instead of 37.
.

• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Dunstable, MA on 7 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 234C, District 364, Family 88, Roll 538
Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Eliza A. Holmes..Wife..48..Massachusetts..Keeping House

(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 29 Dec 1830, then her age should have been 49 instead of 48.
.

• She was buried on 31 May 1889 in the Groton Cemetery in Groton, MA.

Find a Grave Memorial 185910655
. ⁷

• Death Image: 31 May 1889, in Groton, MA. ⁶

Eliza married William D. Holmes, son of Elijah Holmes and Philena Griffen, on 8 December 1851 in Pepperell, MA.^{1 2 3 4 5} (William D. Holmes was born in 1825 in Hopkinton, NH,^{1 3 4 5 8 9} died on 16 April 1893 in Groton, MA ^{8 9} and was buried after 16 April 1893 in Groton, MA ⁹.). The cause of his death was Cancer of the Stomach.⁶

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 8 December 1851, in Pepperell, MA. ¹

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Lawrence, MA on 28 June 1860. ²

1860 US Census
Page 205, Family 1550, Roll 498, 3rd Ward
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
William D. Holmes..39..New Hampshire..Shoe Maker
Eliza A. Holmes..29..Massachusetts..House Keeper
Emma J. Holmes..6..Massachusetts
.

• 1865 Massachusetts State Census: 13 May 1865, in Lawrence, MA. ³ 1865 Massachusetts State Census
Family 576, Ward 01
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Wm. D. Holmes..39..New Hampshire..Laborer
Eliza A. Holmes..33..Massachusetts
Emma Holmes..11..Massachusetts
.

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Lawrence, MA on 2 July 1870. ⁴

1870 US Census
Page 97, Family 821, Ward 1
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
William D. Holmes..44..New Hampshire..Teamster
Eliza A. Holmes..37..Massachusetts..Keeping House
Emma J. Holmes..16..Massachusetts..At School
Hannah Somerville..26..Ireland..Works in Cotton Mill
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Dunstable, MA on 7 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 234C, District 364, Family 88, Roll 538
Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
William D. Holmes..Self..54..New Hampshire..Farm Laborer
Eliza A. Holmes..Wife..48..Massachusetts..Keeping House
.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: William D. Holmes
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 8 Dec 1851
Event Place: Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Event Place (Original): Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Elijah Holmes
Mother's Name: Mrs. Phila Holmes
Spouse's Name: Eliza Ann Blood
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Father's Name: Timothy J. Blood
Spouse's Mother's Name: Blood

Citing this Record
"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC6C-S1K : 24 January 2020), Eliza Ann Blood in entry for William D. Holmes, 1851.

"An Intention of Marriage between Mr. William D. Holmes of Groton, Mass, aged twenty-six years, born in Hopkinton, N.H., name of Parents was Elijah & Phila Holmes who now reside in Salisbury, N.H., first marriage.
and
Miss Eliza Ann Blood of Groton, Mass, aged twenty years, born in S. Groton. Parents were Timothy Jr and Eliza Blood, who reside in said Groton. First marriage, was entered with me this eighth day of Dec. 1851.
Samuel Farrar, Town Clerk, Pepperell"
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