Holmes Family History
- Holmes Name Meaning
- English (chiefly central and northern England): variant of Holme. Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir. Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb). In part of western Ireland, Holmes is a variant of Cavish (from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 7,923,557 Historical Documents with Holmes on Ancestry
- 2,296,163 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,535,464 Census and Voter Lists
- 217,057 Military Records
- 136,664 Immigration Records
- 3,738,209 Member Trees
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Number of Holmes families
 830 - 1,657  277 - 829 |
 1 - 276  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Holmes families
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4,662 - 9,321 1,555 - 4,661 |
1 - 1,554 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Holmes families
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217 - 432 73 - 216 |
1 - 72 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- 3,790
- Confederate
- 1,235
- Union
- 2,555
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