Holmes family that emigrated from Ballymena, Antrim, to Canada c. 1830

[eltajane]

My mother's Holmes family left Ballymena for Canada via Cork, according to their lore. They listed themselves as Canadian citizens of Irish origin as late as the 1901 Canadian census. They were Presbyterians and settled near Renfrew in the Ottawa Valley. I am trying to determine the names of those who came. It is likely they brought children with them. It is unlikely that they went to the United States first, though other relatives almost certainly did.

[t mo]

have you looked here www.theshipslist.com they may help find them .
regards
trevor

[*Sandra*]

Welcome to RootsChat

There is no comprehensive lists of passenger arrivals in Canada prior to 1865.

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/passenger-lists/Pages/introduction.aspx

http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/articles/immcanpre1865.shtml

Any names and dates of birth  ?

Sandra

[t mo]

please forgive me for not welcoming you to rootschat , very remiss of me 
regards
trevor

[eltajane]

In the1901 census where my great-grandfather William Holmes is listed as head of household, a Samuel homes is given. I assume that he was William's father, but I don't know. From the age given, he was probably born in 1824, and probably in Ballymena, since the family had not yet come to Canada.

One of William's children is a Samuel. too. Other sons are Lawrence, Roy, James, and Gordon. I don't know how many of these names would have come from the Greene side of the family.

Another elderly member of the family is a woman named Arvilla Grant, also of age to have been born in Ireland. I think she is probably not William's mother, since her name would have been given as Holmes.

Thanks for commenting

[*Sandra*]

This looks like the family you describe - 1901 Renfrew


William Holmes   43 Born Ont 24 June 1857
Liddy Holmes   42
Lila E. Holmes   21
Bertha V. Holmes 20
Samuel Holmes   18 born 8 March 1883.
Laurence Holmes 16
Edith Holmes   14
James Holmes   11
Roy Holmes   7
Gertie Holmes   4
Gordon Holmes   10 months.
Hamilton Holmes 24 Lodger.
Henry Holmes   20 Lodger.
Alfred Holmes   17 Lodger.
Arvilla Grant   73 Lodger.

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/1901.aspx

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

William Holmes married Liddy GReen 15 January 1879 Renfrew Ontario.
Parents of Liddy James Green and A R Green - Name of William's parents William Green and Barbara Holmes.

9561-79 William HOLMES, 21, farmer, Renfrew Co., same, s/o William & Barbara, married Lydia GREEN, 21, Renfrew Co., same, d/o James & illegible, witn: William J. & Agness MILLS, both of Renfrew on Jan. 15, 1879 at Renfrew

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renfr79.htm

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

1891 Renfrew

William Holmes   33 Lydia Holmes   31
Lilia Holmes   11 Berthea Holmes   9
Samuel Holmes   8 Lareance Holmes   6
Edth Holmes   4 James Holmes   1

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/pages/1891.aspx

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

1871 Renfrew - possible for William with his mother Barbara

Barbara Holmes   50 Born 1821 Ireland. Widowed.
Lettzie Holmes   22 Born Quebec.
Elizabeth Holmes 20 Born Ontario
Martha Holmes   16 Born Ontario.
Mary Holmes   16 Born Ontario
William Holmes   14 Born Ontario.
Harriet Holmes   11 Born Ontario.

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/pages/1871.aspx

Elizabeth Holmes married G Richards - 31 October 1880 - Father William Holmes and Mother Barbara Jackson. Elizabeth 27 years old. Born Brougham.

G. Richards 30, brick maker, Drummond, Dakota USA, s/o Henry Richards & Catherine Campbell married Elizabeth Holmes, 27, Brougham, Brougham, d/o William HOLMES & Barbara Jackson, witn: James Miskelly & Albert Tierney of Arnprior, 31 Oct 1880, Arnprior.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/renf80.htm

Sandra