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Descendants of Joshua HOLMES (Amdt Apr 2004)

Generation No. 1

1. JOSHUA⁸ HOLMES (PELEG⁷, NATHANIEL⁶, PELEG⁵, JOHN⁴, NATHANIEL³, JOHN "THE MESSENGER"², THOMAS¹)¹ was born 6 June 1814 in Chebogue, NS ^2,³, and died 26 March 1882 in Cumberland Co. NS ⁴. He married NAOMI LOCKHART^5,⁶ 5 July 1838 in Parrsboro, NS ^7,^8,⁹, daughter of JOHN LOCKHART and REBECCA BARKER. She was born 15 August 1817 in Parrsboro, NS ^10,¹¹, and died 17 April 1880 in Cumberland Co. NS ¹².

Notes for JOSHUA HOLMES:
Accepted by General Society of Mayflower Descendants as descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford.
A farmer in Cumberland County. Birth of first five children registered in River Philip. A farmer in the census of 1861 and 1871. Wesleyan Methodist.

Notes for NAOMI LOCKHART:
A Daughter of the "Great Migration" to New England. May have lived at one time in Wallace (West Leicester) Cumberland Co. Her aunt Miriam Lockhart was mother of Sir Charles Tupper, Father of Confederation and Prime Minister of Canada. Sir Charles was her 1st cousin. She appears as well to be a first cousin once removed of her husband's stepmother Mary Lockhart.

Children of JOSHUA HOLMES and NAOMI LOCKHART are:

2.	i.		REBECCA JANE⁹ HOLMES, b. 20 August 1839, Phillip River Twp. Cumberland Co. NS; d. 18 April 1889, Castlereagh, NS.
	ii.		MARY HOLMES¹², b. 8 July 1841, Phillip River Twp. Cumberland Co. NS ¹³; d. 16 June 1871.

Notes for MARY HOLMES:
Full name may have been Mary Ember Holmes according to Rose Weinbrecht of Toledo.

	iii.		PELEG LOCKHART HOLMES¹⁴, b. 7 June 1843, River Philip Twp, NS ¹⁵; d. 8 July 1853, Accidentally drowned.
	iv.		JAMES ALBERT HOLMES¹⁶, b. 18 April 1845, River Philip Twp, NS ¹⁷; d. Unknown.
	v.		HARRIS HARDING HOLMES¹⁸, b. 27 July 1848 ¹⁹; d. Unknown.

Notes for HARRIS HARDING HOLMES:
Fulton Family Bible has DOB of 27 July 1848.

3.	vi.		EMMA JULIA HOLMES, b. 11 July 1850, Cumberland Co. NS; d. 30 January 1936, Birtle, Manitoba.
	vii.		MARIAM HOLMES, b. 16 May 1853 ²⁰; d. Unknown.

Notes for MARIAM HOLMES:
Or Marian or Miriam.

viii.

GRACE ALMIRA HOLMES, b. 31 August 1855, Cumberland Co. NS²⁰; d. 1933, Ohio; m. LEVI DEWITT, 20 January 1880, Crawford Co. OH ²¹; b. 1849; d. 1929.

Notes for GRACE ALMIRA HOLMES:
Appears in census as Almira, but in Fulton Bible as Grace. Family papers indicate her full name was Grace Almira, but sometimes called Almira Grace. Moved to USA about 1878. Numerous descendants live in Ohio and Michigan.

	ix.		EVANGELINE AMELIA HOLMES²², b. 9 April 1859; d. Unknown.
	x.		PELEG LOCKHART HOLMES²², b. 3 June 1861; d. Unknown.

Notes for PELEG LOCKHART HOLMES:
Lived Pocatello, Idaho. Married and had issue.

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