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Elijah Holmes
(1788-1864)
Philena Griffen
(Abt 1793-1833)
Silas Swett
(Abt 1784-)
Polly
(Abt 1789-)
Leonard S. Holmes
(1813-1876)
Savalla Swett
(1814-After 1900)
True E. Holmes
(1845-1899)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lavinia L. King

True E. Holmes 1 2 3

  • Born: 1845, Salisbury, NH 1 3
  • Marriage (1): Lavinia L. King on 10 September 1877 in Boston, MA 1 2
  • Died: 20 January 1899, Boston, MA at age 54 3

bullet   Cause of his death was Pneumonia.

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bullet  Death Notes:


Name: True E. Holmes
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 20 Jan 1899
Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Event Place (Original): Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Father's Name: Leonard
Mother's Name: Sarally
Reference ID: 795

Citing this Record
"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHW5-951 : 17 January 2020), Sarally in entry for True E. Holmes, 1899.
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 1841 and a birth location of New Hampshire.

This birth year was based on his age of 39 on the 1880 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Boston, MA on 4 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 232A, District 638, Roll 554
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
81 Chamdon(?)
True Holmes..Self..39..NH..Meat Cook

(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1845, then his age should have been 34 or 35 instead of 39.
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• Death Image: 20 January 1899, in Boston, MA. 3

• His occupation on 20 January 1899 was a Cook in Boston, MA. 3


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True married Lavinia L. King, daughter of Samuel King and Eliza Andrews, on 10 September 1877 in Boston, MA.1 2 (Lavinia L. King was born in 1844 in Connecticut 1 2 4 and died on 28 August 1889 in Blandford, MA 4.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:



• Marriage Image: 10 September 1877, in Boston, MA. 1

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Boston, MA on 4 June 1880. 2

1880 US Census
Page 232A, District 638, Roll 554
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
81 Chamdon(?)
True Holmes..Self..39..NH..Meat Cook
Lavinia Holmes..Wife..36..CT..Lodging house
John Abbott..Other..29..England..Shipping Clerk
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bullet  Marriage Notes:


Name: True E. Holmes
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 10 Sep 1877
Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Event Place (Original): Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Leonard Holmes
Mother's Name: Sylvallia
Spouse's Name: Lavinia L. King
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 33
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1844
Spouse's Father's Name: Samuel
Spouse's Mother's Name: Eliza
Reference ID: v 1 Ln 1830

Citing this Record
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-NDTS : 18 February 2020), Eliza in entry for True E. Holmes and Lavinia L. King, 10 Sep 1877; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004269031.
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Sources


1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2061550 : accessed 16 Apr 2020), True E. Holmes and Lavinia L. King, 10 Sep 1877; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004269031.

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, enumeration district (ED) 638, p. 232A, True E. Holmes and Lavinia L. King; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 16 Apr 2020); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 554.

3 "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1463156 : accessed 10 Apr 2020), True E. Holmes, 20 Jan 1899; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 495 p 41, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 964,886.

4 "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1463156 : accessed 16 Apr 2020), Lovina L. Nolmus, 28 Aug 1889; citing South Blandford, Massachusetts, v 400 p 414, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,240.


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