User Home Pages: The Holmes Family Ancestry
It all started in 1994 while I was learning how to do Calligraphy.I found this family tree all neatly presented and decided that it would be neat to do one of our four main families, Holmes, Learn, Reeves and Walker.After gathering information from parents and grandparents, I had created our own Calligraphy tree.It was only small, consisting of our Great Grandparents and their descendants.This, however, sparked my interest even further.I wanted to know where they came from, and who else was in the tree.And now, 13 years later, I have gathered a tremendous amount of information from all over the World and bring to you, our family, Holmes Ancestry.A work still in progress mind you.I see it as a never ending story: we, the descendants of our past, carrying on the names, traditions and memories of a by-gone era; and the past, the numerous ancestors we are related to, how they lived and where they grew up. Along the years, I have encountered many dead ends.One thing I have learned, never give up.Just continue on with another branch, and who knows, a link may be formed, or a clue presents itself in need of further exploring.One thing I still have trouble comprehending, is the fact that once you know who your 4th Great Grandparents are, put them in a tree, and you should have just 72 individuals in that line alone.Together, that would be 138 people you are directly related to.Now of the 3,800+ people in our tree, I so far only know 18 out of 72, 4th Great Grandparents. Now the other thing that really got me going, was that Mom showed me a Family Bible they were given from Dad's father, Poppa Holmes (Ken).This Bible belonged to his side of the family and inside was a piece of paper with hand written names on it.After reading it thoroughly, we found out it was written by our great great grandmother, Annie Eliza (Quackenbush) Joyes.She appears to have started a family history herself, as it shows her grandparents and great grandparents.Joyes and Quackenbush were two very new names to me, and got me wondering even more. Through the years I have learned a lot about our families.The stories are neat, and just knowing the name and dates of an ancestor living during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I is fascinating.Stories and information like an ancestor who is a "Son of a Gun", being born in the middle of the Ocean; relatives who were massacred by Indians during the Revolutionary War; having 2 possible connections to the Dutch Royal family, being related to a couple of American Presidents; and even a couple uncles stealing the birth certificate of their newborn nephew and naming him after themselves.Our ancestors have even fought in both World Wars, War of 1812, War of Independence, and even the Battle of Waterloo. Now I would like to introduce you to our Family.I have created this book in four parts, one for each of our Founding Families.As mentioned before, they are incomplete, a never ending story of past, present, and future.I hope you all enjoy reading these, as much as I have in gathering all this information over the years.It has been a fascinating journey, which has only just begun.... | The Holmes Family Ancestry Updated December 31, 2007 |
JasonHolmes 19 Karaka Street Takapuna North Shore City,0622 New Zealand [email protected] | |
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