Puffer Genealogy
HOLMES, Harold Edwin
1888 - 1943 (54 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. HOLMES, Harold Edwin was born on 26 Dec 1888 in Wallingford, CT (son of HOLMES, Edwin Albert and MIX, Eva May); died on 30 Oct 1943; was buried in East Farmingdale, NY. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
Notes:
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GRID=2706161
2. HOLMES, Edwin Albert was born on 9 Aug 1860 in Saybrook, CT (son of HOLMES, Ebenezer N. and MINER, Lucy J.); died on 27 Mar 1945 in Middletown, CT; was buried in Chester, CT. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
Notes:
In the 1860 Federal Census he's listed as a no-name child, living with his parents as a one month old mulatto infant (mixed race). In 1880, he was aged 19, mulatto, and a sailor. He married first, Eva May Mix. They were divorced and he married second, Annie Catherine Clune, ca 1899. In the 1900 Federal Census, he was 39. His household included Anne (wife), sons Harold and Edwin, daughters Mabel and Ethel, and step-daughter Maud McGrath. All were listed as black except Anne and Maude.
On 22 Dec. 1900, the three children were committed to the County Home for Neglected and Abused Children. After Edwin has re-established his household with Annie, he petitioned the court for release of his older children. They were given into his custody on 13 Sep 1902. In the 1910 Federal Census he appeared in Wallingford. His household included Anna 40, Maud 12, Mabel 10, Ruth 7, Raymond 5, Florence 2. Everyone was listed as white.
During his lifetime Edwin was employed as the Captain of a schooner, as worker in the Russell Jennings Company, The Deuse Factory, Connecticut Valley Manufacturing plant, and as a farmer.
FindaGrave:
GRID=132004571Edwin married MIX, Eva May in CA 1887. Eva was born in 1873 in Meriden, CT; died after 1952 in Los Angeles County, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. MIX, Eva May was born in 1873 in Meriden, CT; died after 1952 in Los Angeles County, CA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 8
Children:
- 1. HOLMES, Harold Edwin was born on 26 Dec 1888 in Wallingford, CT; died on 30 Oct 1943; was buried in East Farmingdale, NY.
- HOLMES, Edwin Albert Jr. was born on 25 Feb 1891 in CT; died on 19 Feb 1936 in East Hampton, NY; was buried in East Hampton, NY.
- HOLMES, Ethel Alice was born on 10 Apr 1894 in CT; died on 16 Sep 1978; was buried in Phoenix, AZ.
Generation: 3
4. 
HOLMES, Ebenezer N. was born in 1836; died in 1910; was buried in Chester, CT. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
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GRID=105363085Ebenezer married MINER, Lucy J.. Lucy was born in 1839; died in 1928; was buried in Chester, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. MINER, Lucy J. was born in 1839; died in 1928; was buried in Chester, CT. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 11
Notes:
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GRID=105363136Children:
- 2. HOLMES, Edwin Albert was born on 9 Aug 1860 in Saybrook, CT; died on 27 Mar 1945 in Middletown, CT; was buried in Chester, CT.