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Lincolnshire / Re: Holmes Family, Spalding
« on: Monday 10 May 10 09:41 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Dee - that's fascinating. And very nice of you to check it out. I am trying to find living descendants of the family and hopefully this will help.

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Lincolnshire / Holmes Family, Spalding
« on: Sunday 09 May 10 19:21 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to find any information at all or even trace people from the Holmes family, originally from Spalding, Lincolnshire:

Arthur Holmes (Arthur George Holmes) b. around 1871 - railway goods guard
Sarah Holmes b. around 1870

their children were:

Daisy Holmes (Daisy Maud Holmes) b. about 1897
Cyril Holmes (Cyril Arthur Holmes) b. c. 1901 - railway clerk
      married Emma Garwell in 1931 (at least one son, Michael Holmes)
Olive Holmes (Olive Mabel Holmes) b. c. 1907
Marjorie Holmes (Marjorie Florence Holmes) b. c. 1908
Stanley Holmes (Stanley William Holmes) b. c. 1910

thanks a lot!

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Lincolnshire / Holmes Family, Potato Farmers, Spalding
« on: Sunday 09 May 10 14:51 BST (UK)  »
Sorry but I was wondering whether anyone might be able to help me.

I am doing research on history of the Holmes family from the Spalding area. In particular I wondered whether anyone knows of the Holmes family that used to have a potato farm in Spalding in the 1930s. And whether someone called Cyril Holmes (b. maybe born around 1910?) lived there.

I found an online Kelly's Directory (1919) and it says a James Holmes, farmer, lived at Clay Lake – which from the aerial map looks semi-rural. I wondered whether anyone remembers that place. I checked and there seems to be a potato farm around there even now - but owned by a different family.

I found out that in 1934 a Cyril Arthur Holmes lived in Carrington Road, Spalding and was a railway clerk (presumably at local station?). He was married to someone called Helen Garwell (there are a couple of Garwells locally - one is a corn and flour merchant at 1 High Street and the other is a publican called Banjamin Garwell at the Cross Keys Inn). They had a son called Michael Holmes (b. early 1930s) who apparently later joined the army. Think this part of the family moved away to Kettering. I’m only guessing, but I think these Holmes might be related to the Clay Lake potato farmers who lived nearby. Can anybody help? Or know who to ask?

Sorry to be so speculative. Any advice or local knowledge very much appreciated.

Many thanks.

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Lincolnshire / Re: Holmes Family, Potato Farm, Clay Lake, Spalding
« on: Sunday 09 May 10 14:49 BST (UK)  »
Sorry but I was wondering whether anyone might be able to help me.

I am doing research on history of the Holmes family from the Spalding area. In particular I wondered whether anyone knows of the Holmes family that used to have a potato farm in Spalding in the 1930s. And whether someone called Cyril Holmes (b. maybe born around 1910?) lived there.

I found an online Kelly's Directory (1919) and it says a James Holmes, farmer, lived at Clay Lake – which from the aerial map looks semi-rural. I wondered whether anyone remembers that place. I checked and there seems to be a potato farm around there even now - but owned by a different family.

I found out that in 1934 a Cyril Arthur Holmes lived in Carrington Road, Spalding and was a railway clerk (presumably at local station?). He was married to someone called Helen Garwell (there are a couple of Garwells locally - one is a corn and flour merchant at 1 High Street and the other is a publican called Banjamin Garwell at the Cross Keys Inn). They had a son called Michael Holmes (b. early 1930s) who apparently later joined the army. Think this part of the family moved away to Kettering. I’m only guessing, but I think these Holmes might be related to the Clay Lake potato farmers who lived nearby. Can anybody help? Or know who to ask?

Sorry to be so speculative. Any advice or local knowledge very much appreciated.

Many thanks.

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