Ancestry of
Elizabeth Holmes

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Christian Rasmus Holmes Jr.

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• • Great-grandfather of Elizabeth Holmes — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Christian Rasmus Holmes 
  • Mother:
  • Bettie R. Fleischmann   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Jun 1897 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Feb 1944 
  • Death Location:
  • Manhattan, New York, New York 
  • Burial Date:
  • 8 Feb 1944 
  • Burial Location:
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Albertine Osborne Peck
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Apr 1922 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Manhattan, New York, New York 
  • Child:

  Christian Rasmus Holmes III (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • Bought and built a personal estate on Coconut Island in Hawaii. The island was used in the opening sequences for the television show Gilligan's Island.

    Christian R. Holmes committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.

    President of the Tuna Packing Company of Honolulu.

• Additional marriages for Christian Rasmus Holmes Jr.

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  • Spouse:
  • Katherine Agnew MacDonald
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Jun 1928
  • Marriage Location:
  • Kings County, New York

• Sources for Christian Rasmus Holmes Jr.

  • ¹ Federal Census, OH, Hamilton County, 1920, Cincinnati Ward 13, E.D. 239, Sheet 5A, Image 9 of 17.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Hamilton County, 1910, Cincinnati Ward 13, E.D. 152, Sheet 17A, Image 33 of 40.
  • ³ Federal Census, OH, Hamilton County, 1900, Cincinnati Ward 31, E.D. 271, Sheet 11B, Image 22 of 40.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, CA, Santa Barbara County, 1930, Twnshp 1 Precinct 1, E.D. 42-54, Sheet 14A, Image 27 of 28.
  • ⁵ New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Death record for Christian R Holmes.
  • ⁶ New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937, Marriage record for Christian Holmes.
  • ⁷ Ohio, Roster of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in World War I, 1917-1918, Record for Capt. Christian Rasmus Holmes.
  • ⁸ The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), 30 SEP 1941, p. 15, Obituary for mother Mrs. Christian R. Holmes.
  • ⁹ The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), 06 FEB 1944, pp. 1, 3, Suicide article about C. R. Holmes.
  • ¹⁰ The Eugene Guard (Eugene, Oregon), 12 DEC 1950, p. 6, Divorce notice for son Christian and Elizabeth Holmes.
  • ¹¹ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for Christian Rasmus Holmes Jr..
  • ¹² U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for son Christian Rasmus Holmes Jr.
  • ¹³ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Christian Rasmus Holmes.
  • ¹⁴ Klieger, P. Christiaan, Images of America: The Fleischmann Yeast Family, Charleston, South Carolina, et. al.: Arcadia Publishing (2004).

Elizabeth Holmes photo by Glenn Fawcett