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HOLMES, Robert
1831 - 1920 (89 years) Has 2 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.
1801 - 1862 (62 years)-
Name HOLMES, Robert Birth 1831 Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1920 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I7190 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HOLMES, Robert, b. Between 1794 and 1795, Moorby, Lincolnshire, England d. 1868, Boston, Lincolnshire, England (Age 74 years) Mother RICHARDSON, Susannah, b. Between 1800 and 1801, Frithville, Lincolnshire, England d. 1862, Thornton-Le-Fen, Lincolnshire, England (Age 62 years) Marriage 27 Jun 1820 Carrington, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1889 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family JOHNSON, Eleanor, b. 1833, Sibsey, Lincolnshire, England d. 1929, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 96 years) Marriage 28 Jul 1859 Frithville, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. HOLMES, Mary Ann, b. 1859, Boston East, Lincolnshire d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. HOLMES, Robert, b. 1864, Frithville, Lincolnshire, England d. 1935, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. HOLMES, Elizabeth, b. 1866, Frithville, Lincolnshire, England d. 1908, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 42 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. HOLMES, Samuel, b. 1870, Frithville, Lincolnshire, England d. 16 May 1950, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. HOLMES, George, b. 1873, Frithville, Lincolnshire, England d. 5 Dec 1947, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 74 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. HOLMES, Thomas (John), b. 1875, Fishtoft Fen, Lincolnshire, England d. 1959, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2619 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ROBERT HOLMES 1831-1920
Robert, son of Robert HOLMES, labourer, and Ann [sic] of Gosberton, was baptised at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, on 20 November 1831.
(FreeReg)
From the 1841 census of Church Street, Newton, Cambridgeshire:
Robert HOLMES, aged 45, agricultural labourer, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
Susannah HOLMES, aged 40, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
George HOLMES, aged 15, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
William HOLMES, aged 14, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
Ann HOLMES, aged 10, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
*Robert HOLMES, aged 9, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
Samuel HOLMES, aged 7, NOT born in Cambridgeshire;
Mary HOLMES, aged 3, born in Cambridgeshire;
Millay HOLMES, aged 1, born in Cambridgeshire.
(HO107/78/8/8/11)
Robert, son of Robert HOLMES, married Eleanor, daughter of Samuel JOHNSON, at Frithville, Lincolnshire, on 28 July 1859.
(FreeReg)
From the 1861 census of Stone Pit, Toynton All Saints, Lincolnshire:
*Robert HOLMES, head, aged 29, agricultural labourer, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Eleanor HOLMES, wife, aged 27, born at Sibsey, Lincolnshire;
Mary Ann HOLMES, daughter, aged 1, born at Boston East.
(RG9/2375/123/1)
From the 1871 census of cottage, Frith Ville, Lincolnshire:
*Robert HOLMES, head, aged 39, agricultural labourer, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Eleanor HOLMES, wife, aged 37, born at Frith Ville, Lincolnshire;
Robert HOLMES, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Frith Ville, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth HOLMES, daughter, aged 5, born at Frith Ville, Lincolnshire;
Samuel HOLMES, son, aged 10 months, born at Frith Ville, Lincolnshire.
(RG10/3339/14/6)
From the 1881 census of Carrington, Lincolnshire:
*Robert HOLMES, head, aged 47, agricultural labourer, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Eleanor HOLMES, wife, aged 47, born at Frith Ville, Lincolnshire;
Robert HOLMES, son, aged 17, agricultural labourer, born at Frithville, Lincolnshire;
Samuel HOLMES, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Frithville, Lincolnshire;
George HOLMES, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Frithville, Lincolnshire;
Thomas HOLMES, son, aged 5, born at Fishtoft Fen, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3216/81/5)
From the 1891 census of Moorhouses Road, West Ville Township, Lincolnshire;
*Robert HOMES [sic], head, aged 58, agricultural labourer, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
Eleanor HOMES [sic], wife, aged 55, born at Frithville, Lincolnshire;
Robert HOMES [sic], son, aged 27, agricultural labourer, born at Frithville, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth HOMES [sic], daughter, aged 25, born at Frithville, Lincolnshire;
George HOMES [sic], son, aged 17, farm servant, born at Frithville, Lincolnshire;
John HOMES [sic], son, aged 15, born at Fishtoft, Lincolnshire;
John KIRK, lodger, aged 40, agricultural labourer, born at Langrick, Lincolnshire;
George PATRICK, lodger, aged 21, farm servant, born at Medlam, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2572/69/6)
From the 1901 census of Meer Booth Road, Langriville, Lincolnshire:
*Robert HOLMES, head, aged 67, ordinary agricultural labourer, born at Wisbech, Norfolk [sic];
Eleanor HOLMES, wife, aged 67, born at Frithville, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/3043/81/3)
The 1911 census of 14 Norfolk Place, Boston, Lincolnshire:
*Robert HOLMES, head, aged 78, labourer - garden, born at Frithville, Lioncolnshire;
Eleanor HOLMES, wife, aged 77, married 51 years, 6 children of whom 5 living, born at Frithville, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/19592)
The death of Robert HOLMES aged 87 [sic] was registered in 1920.
(GRO March Q 1920 Boston 7a 477)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1851 Census: Untraced.
(revised 25.03.2013)