Welcome to The Holmes Family Online
The following websites are dedicated to telling the story of

Reuben & Ellen Holmes
of Derby, Derbyshire, England and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Although these sites trace eight generations of the Holmes Family
-using both photographs and text- special preference is given to the first five of those generations.

The other pages to visit are:
The Holmes Family History
The Index Page

These websites are meant to be used, to be enjoyed, and to be shared by all member of the Holmes Family,
as well as by any and all who are interested in their contents.

If you have any information that you feel needs to be added, or if anything in this website is inaccurate or incomplete, please let me know. Simply email me, and the corrections and additions will be made as quickly as possible!

The following sources have been used for both information and content in making these websites
Archives, Libraries, and Societies The Archives of Canada - Ottawa, Ontario The Archives of Ontario - Toronto, Ontario The Archives of Derbyshire The Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries - Toronto, Ontario (Especially Ann Lowey & Debbie Stevens) The Toronto Star - Pages of the Past Toronto Public Library - Answerline Canadian Virtual War Museum Commonwealth War Graves Commission General Registry Office - London, England Ancestry.com Rootsweb.com Huntsville Public Library, especially Roberta Green	Obituaries Reuben Holmes William Joseph Holmes Selina Bull, Mrs. John William Holmes Ellen Alton, Mrs. Reuben Holmes Franklyn C. Holmes Arthur Holmes John William Holmes Florence Holmes, Mrs. Ernie Ball Arthur H. Cooke Frank F. W. Holmes Gladys Holmes, Mrs. C. R. Ball Arthur E. Holmes Ernest R. Holmes Isabella O'Connor, Mrs. Ernest R. Holmes William Bertram Alton Ernest A. Holmes Ethel Holmes, Mrs. Arthur H. Cooke Grace Avis, Mrs. Arthur Holmes Chris Campbell, Mrs. Ernest A. Holmes Ada Gibson, Mrs. Arnold Jephson T. W. Balding Elsie Holmes, Mrs. John Hardy Doris Holmes, Mrs. Robert Wills Jack Holmes Mae Holmes, Mrs. T. W. Balding Nora Holmes, Mrs. Harold Elliot
Personal Correspondence Mr. Roger E. Nixon - Military & Historical Searches of London, England Mr. John S. Brehaut - Veterans Affairs Canada, and the Canadian Virtual War Museum Captain Tim Fletcher - Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Ms. Connie Lenzen - Professional Researcher, Portland, Oregon Ms. Claudia Cole - Professional Researcher, Victoria, British Columbia Mr. Glynn Roe - Professional Researcher, Derbyshire, England Mrs. Marg Aldridge - Professional Researcher, Richmond Hill, Ontario Mr. David O'Brien - Grandson of Arthur Holmes Ms. Dianne Cooke - Granddaughter of Ethel Cooke	Other Materials The Last Will and Testament of John Holmes The Last Will and Testament of Frederick Jephson

In the summer of 1979 I became interested in the two suitcases of old photographs that had always sat in the basement of our home. One day I opened the cases and began to look at the photos. Nearly 30 years later, I am still doing the same thing. In August of 2005 I began to piece together the information that you find here. Now, thanks to modern technology, I can share these photos and information with everyone. I hope that you enjoy viewing this information as much as I have enjoyed assembling it!

David Lamb
Tempe, Arizona
July, 2008