Emma Holmes (buried 1904)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Holmes
First name: 
Emma
Other Christian names: 
Louisa
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
426
Born: 
0/6/1855
Died: 
09/01/1904
Buried: 
12/01/1904
Occupation: 
Housekeeper;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NWS
Cemetery row: 
5
Cemetery plot: 
13
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Emma Louisa Holmes who entered into rest Janry 9th 1904 aged 49 And of the Rev. Henry Frederick Holmes (Congregational Minister) father of the above who peacefully passed away Janry 15th 1906

Life story

Life story

Emma Louisa's parents were Dissenters'. Her father, Henry Frederick Holmes, was an Independent Minister, and her mother, Jane nee Olive, was also baptised as an Independent believer.

Jane Olive had been married to Frederick Waldo in 1835 but was widowed in 1838 and married Henry Holmes in 1840. Jane and Henry were married for 37 years and had at least 7 children.

Strangely enough, however, she only appears with Henry and their children on the 1851 England Census. She is not mentioned on the 1841, 1861, or 1881 Censuses. She died in 1887. Even researched separately, she could not be found.

On the other hand, Jane Louisa lived with her father all her life except in 1881 when she was with her brother, Edward, who was the curator of a Museum.

Emma Louisa moved from Lincolnshire to Devon by 1861, to Bristol by 1871, to Islington by 1881, to Uckfield by 1891, and, finally, to Worthing by 1901. She died, a spinster, on 9 January 1904 at Glenwood, in Rowlands Road.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/06/1855
Parents
Father
Father's name: 
Henry Frederick Holmes
Father's burial key: 
486
Father's year of birth: 
1814
Father's year of death: 
1906

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
09/01/1904
Age (at time of death): 
48
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Glenwood, Rowlands Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Edward Morell Holmes status: Museum Curator
Probate pounds: 
£93

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Cavendish Villa, Wendover, Buckinghamshire Henry F Holmes, head, 36, Independent; Jane Holmes, wife, 38, Freeholder? and Annuitant; Henry H C Holmes, son, 9; Edward M Holmes, son, 8, scholar; Alfred R Holmes, son, 5, scholar; Ernest C Holmes. Son, 3; Serena J Homes, under 12 months; Jane Olive, visitor, widow, 77 plus 1 general servant and a nurserymaid

1861 census: 

89, Navy Row, Stoke Damerel, Devon Henry F Holmes, head, 45, Independent Minister; Alfred H Holmes, son, 15, apprentice draper; Jane T Holmes, daughter, 10, scholar; Emma L Holmes, daughter, 6, scholar; plus 1 servant

1871 census: 

Market Square, Buckingham, Bucks Henry Fredk Holmes, lodger, Independent Minister; Emma Louisa Holmes, daughter, 16, scholar;

1881 census: 

50?, Arthur? Road, Islington East, London

Edward Holmes, head, 36, Curator of Museum; Emma L Holmes, sister, 26;

 plus 1 domestic servant

 

1891 census: 

New Town, Uckfield Henry F Holmes, head, widower, 75, Congregational Minister; Emma L Holmes, daughter, 36, housekeeper; plus 1 domestic servant

1901 census: 

Brighton Road, Worthing Caroline Kemp-Walsh, head, 61, Living on own means; George W Kemp-Walsh, nephew, 22, ? track ? Henry F Holmes, uncle, 85, retired Minister Congregationalist; Emma L Holmes, cousin, Living on own means; plus 1 general servant

Miscellaneous information

Edward Morell Holmes – brother of Emma Louisa Holmes
Edward Morell Holmes – brother of Emma Louisa Holmes

Edward Morell Holmes

Edward Morell Holmes was Emma Louisa’s brother. He was born in 1843 and was a prominent British bryologist. Bryology is the study of mosses and liverworts. Edward registered as a pharmaceutical chemist in December 1862 and in 1872 he became Curator of the Pharmaceutical Society’s museum at 17, Bloomsbury Square, London and held the post for over 50 years until he died in 1930. After his work ‘in the field’ was severely curtailed by an accident, he offered his services as a ‘consulting botanist’ from his home in Sevenoaks.