Ancestry of
Christian Rasmus Holmes

(1897–1944)

Christian Rasmus Holmes

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• • Father of Christian Rasmus Holmes — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Christian R. Holmes 
  • Mother:
  • Karen Michelson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Oct 1855 
  • Birth Location:
  • Nörre Suede, Denmark 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 9 Jan 1920 
  • Death Location:
  • Manhattan, New York, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Bettie R. Fleischmann
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Oct 1892 
  • Marriage Location:
  • First Unitarian Church, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio 
  • Child:

  Christian Rasmus Holmes Jr. (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Although most published sources give Dr. Christian R. Holmes's birthyear as 1857, he gives it as 1855 on his passport application dated 04 JUN 1891.

• Sources for Christian Rasmus Holmes

  • ¹ Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929, Record for Christian Rasmus Holmes.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Hamilton County, 1920, Cincinnati Ward 13, E.D. 239, Sheet 5A, Image 9 of 17.
  • ³ Federal Census, OH, Hamilton County, 1910, Cincinnati Ward 13, E.D. 152, Sheet 17A, Image 33 of 40.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, OH, Hamilton County, 1900, Cincinnati Ward 31, E.D. 271, Sheet 11B, Image 22 of 40.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, OH, Hamilton County, 1880, Cincinnati, E.D. 171, p. 26, Image 26 of 40.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/15/2016).
  • ⁷ New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938, Marriage record for son Christian R Holmes and Albertine O. Peck.
  • ⁸ New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Death record for son Christian R Holmes.
  • ⁹ New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948, Death record for Christian R Holmes.
  • ¹⁰ Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997, Death record for Christian R Holmes.
  • ¹¹ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Marriage certificate for Christian R Holmes and Bettie R Fleischmann.
  • ¹² Ohio, Roster of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in World War I, 1917-1918, Record for Maj. Christian R. Holmes.
  • ¹³ The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio), 06 FEB 1944, pp. 1, 3, Suicide article about son C. R. Holmes, (accessed 04/15/2016).
  • ¹⁴ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 04 JUN 1891, Application for Christian R Holmes.
  • ¹⁵ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Application for son Christian Rasmus Holmes Jr..
  • ¹⁶ Fischer, Martin, Christian R. Holmes, Man and Physician, Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher (1937).
  • ¹⁷ Hood, Nathan, "Major Christian R. Holmes' Involvement at Camp Sherman", University of Cincinnati Libraries' Blog, (accessed 04/15/2016).
  • ¹⁸ OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository, "Guide to the Christian R. Holmes Collection", (accessed 04/15/2016).
  • ¹⁹ Parloff, Roger, "This CEO Is out for Blood", Fortune Magazine, 30 JUN 2014.