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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Alice HOLMES / HOLST

Born 1879 in Humbleton, Yorkshire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of agricultural and dock labourer Abraham HOLMES and Fanny NOTON [20] [21]
She was had ten elder siblings in William, Robert, Mary, Thomas, John, George, Arthur, twins Rhoda and Sarah, and Abraham [20]
In 1881 was living with her parents and elder siblings William, George, Rhoda, Sarah and Abraham in Humbleton Village [20]
She was living with her parents, sister Rhoda and brother Abraham on Witham Union Court in Sutton, Yorkshire, England in 1891 [20]
Her brother George H. HOLMES immigrated to Western Australia in 1892 and later took up land in Moora [114: page 43]
Departed London, England on the steamship Ortona and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 14 November 1901 [70]
Also on board the same voyage of the Ortona was her brother Abraham HOLMES and his wife Ellen [203]
Married Jacob HOLST on 6 May 1904 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [114: page 44]
Resided in Three Springs in 1905 and 1906 [50]
Resided on Greenwood Farm in Wannamal 1906-1917 [6] [50] [114: page 117]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of East Victoria Park [2]
Aunt of Mrs "Annie" Ann Elizabeth BYRNE who resided in Three Springs in the 1920s and 1930s [P116]
Died 6 September 1962; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Baptist, CA, 387)[2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Alice Holmes / Holst' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/alice-holmes [reference list]




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