John Lewis Holmes^[1]

1872 - 1941  (68 years)

• Name	John Lewis Holmes
  Birth	26 Nov 1872	Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 May 1941	York, York, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Burial	2 Jun 1941	South Wilberforce Cemetery, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I3332	Settlers of Highlands East
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Mina Dora Smith,   b. Mar 1875, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Oct 1924, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years)  [4]
  Marriage	8 Jul 1896	Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Mildred Sibel Holmes,   b. 13 Sep 1898, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada   2. Rubena Alexandria Holmes,   b. 26 Jul 1902, Alfred, Prescott, Ontario, Canada d. 5 Oct 1920, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada (Age 18 years) + 3. Leonard L Holmes,   b. 10 Nov 1903, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Aug 1989 (Age 85 years)   4. Mina Ethel Holmes,   b. 10 Nov 1904, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 11 Feb 1915, Wilberforce, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 10 years)   5. Daisy Beatrice Helena Holmes,   b. 5 Apr 1907, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Nov 1935, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada (Age 28 years)   6. John Selby Holmes,   b. 5 Jun 1908, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Aug 1984, Shawville, Quebec, Canada (Age 76 years) + 7. Leslie James Holmes,   b. 9 Aug 1911, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 15 Jul 1993, Wilberforce, Monmouth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2016

  
  

• Photos

  John and Minah Holmes with their children Ruby, Daisy, Leonard, Johnny, Minah Mildred and Leslie The Holmes family came to Monmouth township in the early 1900's, John purchased lot 34, conc. 16 on which the present hamlet of Wilberforce is built.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Census of Canada, 1911, 1911, Ontario/Victoria-Haliburton/38 Monmouth Township.page 11, family 123. [S18] Ontario Canada Births, Reg# 18472-72, MS 929. [S21] Ontario Canada Deaths, Reg# 04745-41, MS 935. Died at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital of degenerative myocarditis. [S20] Ontario Canada Marriages, reference ID - 010710-96, MS 932.