Holmes, John

John Holmes, 1838-1907




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Life Events


Born:27 June 1838Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland [01].
Baptised:28 June 1838Kilmanagh Church of Ireland, County Kilkenny, Ireland [02].
Arrived:1866TBD [03].
Arrived:1878Moved to New Zealand [04].
Married:24 February 1880St Peter's Eastern Hill Church of England, Collingwood, Colony of Victoria, to Gertrude Isabella Holmes [1858-1938] [05] [06] [07].
Died:3 July 1907Webb Street, Christchurch, Colony of New Zealand [residence], aged 69 years [08] [09].
Buried:5 July 1907Methven Cemetery, Methven, Canterbury, Colony of New Zealand [Grave: Area I, Row J, No 0112] [10] [11].

Golden Colony Roles


Victoria:Police Magistrate:18711872187318741875187618771878
Gold Warden:18711872187318741875187618771878

Career


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References


Notes

Notes
01 Edward Keane, P Beryl Phair, Thomas Ulick Sadleir; King's Inn Admission Papers, 1607-1867; Irish Manuscripts Commission, Dublin, 1982; p 233.
02 Church Baptism Record [RootsIreland (Membership required) 9 July 2023].
03 His obituary states that he came to Victoria in 1865, but he was called to the Irish Bar on 10 November 1865, so his arrival would have been March 1866 at the earliest. He was called to the Victorian Bar on 4 April 1867.
04 Holmes was in New Zealand on leave when the Black Wednesday 1878 sackings took place. Although Holmes was one of three Police Magistrates retained (the others were W H Foster and Panton), he resigned and settled in New Zealand, though this could well have been his intention before Black Wednesday.
05 Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Marriage Index M1880-00209.
06 Marriages - Holmes-Holmes; The Australasian (Melbourne), 28 February 1880, p 28 [Trove, 4 June 2023].
07 Gertude was his cousin. Holmes returned to Victoria for the wedding, then went back to New Zealand.
08 Births, Deaths and Marriages New Zealand Death Index D1907-006169.
09 Obituary - Mr John Holmes; Lyttelton Times, 5 July 1907, p 8 [Trove, 4 June 2023].
10 Obituary - Mr John Holmes; Lyttelton Times, 5 July 1907, p 8 [Trove, 4 June 2023]
11 New Zealand, Cemetery Record, 1800-2007 - South Canterbury [Ancestry (Membership required) 4 June 2023].

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Updates

2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2024-02-14Life Events updated and references added.