Birth: January-March 1871 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK
Father: David Holmes 1832-1889
Mother: Mary Child 1835-1904
Christening: 10 September1871 Holy Trinity, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 25 December 1906 St Luke, Weaste, Lancashire, UK
Wife: Emma Lydia Mellor 1880-1944
Death: 19 January 1921 Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Buried: Plot B Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA
None known
Birth of Frank Fearnley Holmes in FreeBMD in January-March 1871 in Huddersfield (9a 358).
In the 1871 census as Frank Feamley Holmes aged 1 month, born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, and living with his parents (David and Mary), brother (Arthur Hobson) and three sisters (Annie, Caroline Hannah and Eleanor) in Portland Street, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 for Frank Fearnley Holmes on 10 September1871 at Huddersfield, Holy Trinity, parents David and Mary Holmes. "Page 185 Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Holy Trinity Huddersfield in the County of York in the Year 1871 [...] Sept 10th No. 1477 Frank Fearnley, parents David, a School Master, and Mary Holmes of Marsh".
In the 1881 census as Frank Holmes aged 10, born in Huddersfld, Yorkshire, and living with his parents (David and Mary), brother (Arthur H) and three sisters (Annie, Caroline H and Eleanor) in Woodside Place, Gledholt Lane, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
His father was buried on 7 December 1889 in Christchurch, Woodhouse, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
In the 1891 census as Frank F Holmes aged 20, born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, single, a grocer's apprentice, and living with his widowed mother (Mary) and two sisters Annie and Caroline) at 11 Croft House Lane, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
I cannot locate him in the 1901 census.
Marriage of Frank Fearnley Holmes and Emma Lydia Mellor in FreeBMD in October-December 1906 in Salford (8d 204).
Entry in Ancestry Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 for Frank Fearnley Holmes aged 35, father David Holmes, and Emma Lydia Mellor on 25 December 1906 at Weaste, St Luke, Lancashire. "Page 159[...] 1906 Marriage solemnized at St Luke in the Parish of Weaste in the County of Salford. No. 318 Twentyfifth December 1906 Frank Fearnley Holmes aged 35 years, a Bachelor and Grocer of 4 Collyhurst St. father David Holmes deceased, a Schoolmaster, and Emma Lydia Mellor aged 26 years, a Spinster of 13 Barff Rd, father Samuel Mellor, a Salesman. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Thomas Birch and Amy Mellor".
The same information is in Marriages at St Luke in the District of Weaste, Salford.
In the U.S., Naturalization Records, 1840-1957 for Emma Lydia Mellor on 8 May 1924 it states she arrived in New York on 10 July 1909. I assume her husband arrived on the same date although I can find no record of their departure or arrival.
In the 1910 census as Frank Holmes aged 39, born in England, an alien immigrated in 1909, a laborer, married for four years, and lodging with his wife (Emma) and six other lodgers at 1508 Main Street, Los Angeles, California.
In the 1920 census as Frank F Holmes aged 47, born in England, parents born in England, immigrated in 1909, an alien, a check clerk on a steam railway and living with his wife (Emma L Holmes) at 230 Parkside Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
Entry in Ancestry California, Death Index, 1905-1939 for Frank F Holmes died 19 January 1921 aged 49 in Los Angeles.
Entry in Find a Grave for Frank F Holmes, born 1871 died 1921 and buried in Plot B Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, USA "Frank F Holmes/ 1871-1921".
There are three entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Frank Fearnley Holmes born in 1871, parents David Holmes and Mary Child in one, and his marriage to Emma Lydia Mellor on 25 December 1906 in Weaste St Luke, Lancashire.
Frank Fearnley Holmes was Felicity's second cousin three times removed.
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