Descendants of William Holmes and Anna O'Brien of Ireland, New York State and Darien and Delavan in Walworth County, Wisconsin

Abbreviations used: b = born, bca = born circa, m = married, d = died, dca = died circa; St. Andrew's = St. Andrew's Catholic Cemetery, Delavan, Wisconsin

Notes: There were several people named William Holmes living in the same vicinity (Walworth County) at the same time. I have a great deal of information about all the Holmes' found in the county, even ones that are not my relatives.

If you can fill in the blanks, make corrections, or need detailed information please contact Barb Krultz, N10334 Sidney Avenue, Greenwood WI 54437 or e-mail pkbk@badger.tds.net

  1. Mary Holmes bca 1830 in Ireland, married James W.Coulter (One source says James was born in Madison County, New York, another says Ireland bca 1837.  Some records show James William Coulter and others William James Coulter.). Mary died in 1906 at Troy Center and is buried at St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery. James enlisted during the end of the Civil War and died of typhoid at Helena, Arkansas on April 12, 1863 (his residence at the time of his death was Troy, Wisconsin).  Mary Holmes Coulter is believed to be a close relative, perhaps a sister, to William Holmes who married Anna O'Brien.
    1. Jennie Coulter bca 1857 in New York married a Betts,  residence Waukesha in March 1932.
    2. Benjamin Coulter bca 1859 in Wisconsin, died March 23, 1932.  Resident of Troy Center for many years.  1910 census Troy shows Benjamin 51, single, Annie Cavanah, niece, 18, domestic, Wis-Wis-Wis and Jeremiah Holmes, 37, boarder, single, Wis-Wis-Wis
    3. Mary A. Coulter bca 1861 in Wisconsin married a Kavanaugh.  Residence Troy Center in 1932.
    4. Thomas Coulter bca 1862 in Wisconsin.  Residence Troy Center in 1932.
  1. William Holmes m Anna O'Brien, both born Ireland. William was born anywhere from 1816 to 1828 in K.C., Ireland. He died September 20, 1884 at Darien, Walworth County, Wisconsin and is buried at St. Andrews. Anna O'Brien was born between 1818 and 1828, she died in 1887. NOTES: I believe William had a sister, Mary Holmes (she married James Coulter). Mary's line is listed in the section above in italics because I cannot prove she is his sister, she might be an aunt, cousin, etc. If K.C. stands for King's County in Ireland, then that county was renamed Offaly. One of the Darien censuses gives the surname as Holms.
    1. John Holmes bca 1847 in Sullivan Township, Madison County, New York, d. after 1884, buried St. Andrew's.
    2. Jane/Jennie Holmes bca 1849 in Sullivan Township, Madison County, New York, m Lewis K. Miller, died 1894 and buried in St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, East Troy, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
      1. Chauncey Miller bca 1884, d after 1947 possibly married Lilly M. Box? about 1905
      2. William L. Miller b 1867 in Burlington, Wisconsin, d after 1947 m. Elizabeth Brophy in 1893 in Muskego, Wisconsin.
        1. Mary Miller
        2. Raymond Miller
        3. Glenn Miller
        4. Howard Miller
        5. Ella Miller
      3. Mary Ann/Mate Miller b. 1872 Burlington, Wisconsin, buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery, East Troy, Wisconsin m. Albert Grunewald in 1893. Note: Albert is related to me on my grandfather's side, so there is a double relationship between me and these two people and their children. The original spelling of Grunewald was Gruenewald, and I believe one line has shortened it to Gruno or Grunow
        1. Forrest Gruenewald
        2. Harold Gruenewald
        3. Walter Gruenewald
        4. Glen Gruenewald
        5. Florence Gruenewald
        6. unknown female
      4. Charles H. Miller bca 1873, d. after 1947,
      5. Andrew Miller b. 1874 d after 1940, married Alice White
      6. Jenny Miller bca 1875 d after 1947, married Clarence White
      7. Nellie Miller bca 1877 d after 1919 married Frank Medberry
      8. Anna Miller bca 1881, d. 1956 buried St. Peter's Catholic Cemetery, East Troy, Wisconsin. She married William (Bill) Ferry. They never had any children. For the majority of their many years of marriage they lived on 76th street in West Alllis, Wisconsin.
      9. Florence Miller b. 1886, died 1940 m Adam James Atkinson in 1913 in East Troy. After Adam abandoned his family around 1929, Florence moved in with her sister Ann and brother-in-law Bill Ferry where she raised her only child.
        1. Carroll Royce Atkinson bca 1916 married Esther Dombrowski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1946.
          1. Barbara Atkinson
          2. Margaret Atkinson
          3. Charles Atkinson
          4. Steven Atkinson
          5. Thomas Atkinson
          6. Amy Atkinson
    3. Mary Holmes bca 1857 Sullivan Township, Madison County, New York, died after 1924, married Charles Daley/Daly.  Family found on the 1930 census for Woodstock, McHenry county, Illinois.  Two granddaughters on that census in their household were Eleta Overly and Marcella Overly.
      1. unknown female
      2. John Daly born circa 1885 in Wisconsin, single on 1930 census at age 45, and member of parents household..
    4. William (D.?) Holmes bca 1850 in Sullivan Township, Madison County, New York, died 1924, buried St. Andrew's. Married 1. Margaret Moore (she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and died October 1890)  Married 2. Estelle A. Beckman March 12, 1896 (Estelle's parents were Arthur McGray and Louis McGray).
      1. Ann b. 1873 married William Moore
      2. Mary Holmes b 1878 in Darien, d 1925 married James Dowling in 1901 in Chicago, died 10-8-1925 at Delavan Lake.
      3. Ellen Bridget Holmes b 1885 in Delavan, died 1907, buried St. Andrew's in Delavan.
      4. Martin Holmes bca 1880, dca 1890
    5. Thomas Holmes bca 1853 in Sullivan Township, Madison County, New York, m. Annie E. Delaney, he died in 1914 buried at St. Andrew's.
      1. Frank Holmes b, 1886 d, 1917
      2. unknown child
    6. Anna Holmes, bca 1850-1851 in Sullivan Township, Madison County, New York, died December 1878 buried St. Andrew's, m Timothy Shannahan/Shanahan (Timothy's parents are Cornelius Shannahan and Marguerette Bryan both born in Ireland). Timothy was born 1838 in Mallou, Ireland and he died in November 1934 and was buried at St. Andrew's.
      1. William Shannahan/Shanahan bca 1869, married Mary, died 1913, buried St. Andrews
      2. Thomas Shannahan, died after 1884
      3. Tim Shannahan, m Mary Kennedy, died after 1884
        1. Neil Shannahan b 1881 died 1950, never married. Buried St. Andrews.
      4. John Shannahan bca 1875, d 1911, buried St. Andrew's

Data compiled by: Barbara Atkinson Krultz, N10334 Sidney Avenue, Greenwood, Wisconsin 54437 pkbk@ badger.tds.net

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