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Kevin Bacon

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Artemas Henry Holmes

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• • Great-grandfather of Kevin Bacon — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Artemas Lawrence Holmes 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Margaret Bloomer   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 May 1849 
  • Birth Location:
  • Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois 
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Nov 1891 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lillian Stokes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 May 1880 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Manhattan, New York, New York 
  • Child:

  Artemas H. Holmes Jr. (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Additional marriages for Artemas Henry Holmes

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth James "Lizzie" Allen
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Nov 1875
  • Marriage Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

• Sources for Artemas Henry Holmes

  • ¹ Boston Post (Boston, Massachusetts), 02 SEP 1876, Death notice for spouse Lizzie J. Holmes.
  • ² Federal Census, NY, Orange County, 1900, Tuxedo, E.D. 49, Sheet 17B, Image 34 of 46.
  • ³ Federal Census, NY, New York County, 1910, Manhattan Ward 19, E.D. 505, Sheet 8B, Image 12 of 21.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, MA, Middlesex County, 1870, Cambridge Ward 1, p. 165, Image 165 of 177.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, MO, St. Louis (Independent City), 1860, Ward 5, p. 207, Image 207 of 307.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Boston, Vol. 273, p. 167, Marriage record for Artemas H. Holmes and Elizabeth J. Allen.
  • ⁷ New York, Marriages, 1686-1980, Marriage record for Artemas Henry Holmes and Lillian Stokes.
  • ⁸ New York, State Census, 1905, New York County, Manhattan, E.D. 20, p. 25, Image 13 of 27.
  • ⁹ The New York Times (New York, New York), 29 AUG 1912, Wedding announcement for son Artemas Holmes and Dorothy Smith.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 19 FEB 1879, Application for Artemas H. Holmes.
  • ¹¹ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 06 JUL 1872, Application for A. H. Holmes.
  • ¹² Leonard, John W., editor, Who's Who in New York City and State: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries, 4th Bienniel Edition, New York City: L. R. Hamersly and Company (1909), 680.
  • ¹³ Morrison, Leonard Allison, The History of the Allison or Allison Family in Europe and America, A.D. 1135 to 1893; Giving an Account of . . ., Boston, Massachusetts: Published by Damrell and Upham (1893), 79.
  • ¹⁴ Stiles, Henry Reed, M.D., The Stiles Family in America: Genealogies of the Connecticut Family, Descendants of John Stiles . . ., Jersey City: Doan and Pilson, Printers (1895), 750.

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