HOLMES, Edwin Albert

1860 - 1945  (84 years)

• Name	HOLMES, Edwin Albert
  Birth	9 Aug 1860	Saybrook, CT   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 132004571
  _COLOR	11
  Death	27 Mar 1945	Middletown, CT
  	Cause: of heart disease
  Burial	Chester, CT
  	Address: Laurel Hill Cemetery
  Person ID	I41309	Puffers
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	HOLMES, Ebenezer N.,   b. 1836   d. 1910 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	MINER, Lucy J.,   b. 1839   d. 1928 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F14657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	MIX, Eva May,   b. 1873, Meriden, CT d. Aft 1952, Los Angeles County, CA (Age > 80 years)
  Marriage	CA 1887
  Children	1. HOLMES, Harold Edwin,   b. 26 Dec 1888, Wallingford, CT d. 30 Oct 1943 (Age 54 years)   2. HOLMES, Edwin Albert Jr.,   b. 25 Feb 1891, CT d. 19 Feb 1936, East Hampton, NY (Age 44 years)   3. HOLMES, Ethel Alice,   b. 10 Apr 1894, CT d. 16 Sep 1978 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F14658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	CLUNE, Annie Catherine,   b. 18 Jun 1870, Ireland d. 17 Aug 1945, Old Saybrook, CT (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1899	New London, CT   [1]
  Children	1. HOLMES, Florence Hazel,   b. Abt 1908, CT d. 29 Sep 1960, Chester, CT (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F14656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census.