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24. Charles HOLMES was christened on 22 Mar 1795 in St. John's Church, Denby, Yorkshire. He was born about 1795 in Denby, Yorkshire. He was a Clothier.

Charles HOLMES and Sarah MARSDEN were married on 19 Jan 1829 in St. John's Church, Penistone, Yorkshire. Charles was listed as from Kirkburton but both were "of this parish" and they married by Banns. Charles and Sarah moved to Coventry soon after their marriage and had their two sons. Sarah MARSDEN was born about 1806 in Penistone, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Joshua Marsden and Charlotte Micklethwaite. John was a farmer and their children were Sarah (1806), John Micklethwaite (1807), Uriah (1809), Bathsheba (1811), Phillis (1814), Harriet (1817) and Eli (1820).
She remarried in 1836. The Extended Holmes Family from Ingbirchworth
After Charles' death Sarah married his cousin John Holmes (b.1796 Cawthorne; a carpenter from Ingbirchworth) who was a widower with children. John's first wife was Harriet Wrigley and they had married in Penistone on 2 February 1818. Their children were:- Mary (1818), Minerva (1820), Elizabeth (1822), William (1825), Martha (1826), John (1829), Thomas (1830) and Henry (1833-1835).
On 28 March 1836 John married Sarah in Penistone Church. They married by License and they were both "of this parish" and they had a son Godfrey Marsden Holmes in 1837 in Ingbirchworth.
In 1841 John and Sarah lived in Ingbirchworth with their children Sarah (15), William (15), John (12), Henry (11), Thomas (9) and Godfrey (4; transcribed as GRDFREY). Mary and Minerva were in service at neighbouring houses in Austonley near Holmfirth.
In 1842 Minerva married Charles Hirst. He was a woollen spinner from Austonley. Their children were: Mary (1843), Samuel (1845), William Henry (1847), Nancy (1850), Newton (1852), Heston (1854), Godfrey (1856), Sarah Jane (1859 and Charles Edward (1862). The family lived in Meltham from 1855 and the children all worked in the mill. By 1891 Charles and Minerva were pensioners and they lived with Sarah Jane in the Alms Houses in Wilshaw, Meltham.
In 1846 William married Mary Hanson.
In 1847 Mary married John Moxon. John was a contractor's clerk for the railways and they had a son, Wallace in 1851 in Kirkburton. By 1861 they lived in Dover, Kent. Their son was also a railway clerk and he married Betty Shard in 1872 in Kearsley, Lancashire. They lived in Kearsley until 1901 and had five children, the youngest was called Fred Holmes Moxon.
In 1847 Martha married Richard Priest. He was a farmer of 71 acres from Gunthwaite, like his father Nathaniel before him. Their children were:- John (1847), Emma (1849), Agnes (1852) and Lewis (1856). Martha died in 1871.
In 1851 John and Sarah lived in Ingbirchworth with their children John (22), Henry M (21) and Thomas (19). All the men were carpenters. William and Mary also lived in the village with Amelia (2) and Elizabeth (1 month). William was a carpenter. John married Elizabeth Horn later in the year.
In 1852 White's gazeteer of Sheffield District shows John Holmes as a wheelwright in Ingbirchworth.
In 1853 Thomas married Elizabeth Hanson, (his brother William's wife and Elizabeth were sisters), and they lived in Ingbirchworth too.
In 1861 John and Sarah lived alone. John was a joiner and wheelwright emploing four men. Next door lived John (junior), a joiner and wheelwright aged 32 with his wife Elizabeth (30) and children Walter (8) and Martha (2). William lived in the same village with his wife Mary (nee Hanson) and their children Amelia (12), Elizabeth (10), Ellen (8), Harriet (4), Lucy (2) and Hanson (1). Thomas was a joiner and innkeeper (probably at the Rose and Crown) and they had four children John (9), Lavinia (6), Ann (4) and Henry (9 months). Elizabeth died in 1865 and Thomas married Martha Taylor in 1867.
In 1869 on 10th July a local newspaper reported that there was a Liberal meeting at the Rose and Crown in Ingbirchworth "...prepared by Mr & Mrs Holmes (landlord and lady) ..they engaged the Denby and Denby Dale celebrated brass band."
In 1871 John, a master joiner employing one man and one boy, and Sarah lived with their grandson John, an apprentice joiner aged 19. Next door was William (45) and his wife Mary and their children Harriet (14), Hanson (11) and John W. (4). At the Rose and Crown Thomas and Martha had Henry (10), Newton (7) and two "daughters in law, Elizabeth Holmes (17) and Ann Taylor (13). (Had the enumerator got muddled? Was this Thomas' daughter Ann Holmes (b.1856)?
In 1871 Amelia married Benjamin Walshaw (1846).
In 1878 her cousin Ann married Fenton Walshaw (1854). These two marriages give a double link from the Barracloughs to the Walshaws.
In 1881 William and Mary lived with Lucy (22), Hanson (21) and John W. (14). Thomas and Martha still ran the Rose and Crown and Thomas was the innkeeper and assistant overseer. With them lived Henry (20), an invalid from infancy, Newton (17), a joiner's apprentice and a female servant. Henry died in 1882. Martha died in 1884 and Thomas married Lucy Bell in 1885.
In 1891 William and Mary just had John W. at home. Thomas and Lucy had Newton (27), a licensed victualler's assistant, Enid (4) and a grandson, Henry Roebuck (13; labourer at the steel works) at the Rose and Crown.
In 1901 William and Mary had their granddaughter Mary Redfearn (18; b. Penistone) living with them. Thomas and Lucy still ran the Rose and Crown with Newton as barman and Enid and Henry Roebuck still lived with them. Thomas ran the Rose and Crown at least between 1861 and 1904. Charles HOLMES and Sarah MARSDEN had the following children:

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Henry Marsden HOLMES was born about 1829 in Coventry, Warwickshire. He was a farmer of 26 acres (and joiner) who lived at Fallage Lane, Denby from 1851-1887. He married Sarah Taylor in 1851 and had four sons (all christened at Denby):- Charles Taylor (22 August 1855-1858), Frederick (b.14 January 1858), John (b.15 May 1861) and Charles (b.29 May 1863). In 1861 they had just Freddie (3). In 1871 Henry and Sarah lived with Frederick, John and William H. (4). In 1881 there was just Henry and Sarah at home. He died about 1901.
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Charles HOLMES was born about 1831 in Coventry, Warwickshire. He lived in Ingbirchworth, Yorkshire between 1841 and 1851. In 1841 he lived with his grandparents Joshua Marsden and Charlotte Micklethwaite. and their unmarried children John Micklethwaite (1807), Uriah (1809), Bathsheba (1811) and Harriet (1817). John was a farmer and died later in the year. In 1851 Charles lived with his widowed grandmother, a farmer of 98 acres employing three labourers. In 1851 he was a Corn Miller in Ingbirchworth, Yorkshire. He married Elizabeth Stafford in Denby on 6 December 1857 and their children were:- Jane (1858, Ellen (1860), Edwin (1861), James (1863), Emma (1865), Sarah (1867), Mary (1868), Lucy (1871) and Bertha (1876). Charles was the miller at the corn mill in Ingbirchworth from 1851-1871. His sons followed him in the mill. The family then moved to Denby Dale where Charles was a miller and farmer of 31 acres and he employed three men. By 1891 the family had moved to Springfield Terrace, Moldgreen, Huddersfield and Charles was still a corn miller. He died in 1900 in Moldgreen, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

71	i.	Henry Marsden HOLMES was born about 1829 in Coventry, Warwickshire. He was a farmer of 26 acres (and joiner) who lived at Fallage Lane, Denby from 1851-1887. He married Sarah Taylor in 1851 and had four sons (all christened at Denby):- Charles Taylor (22 August 1855-1858), Frederick (b.14 January 1858), John (b.15 May 1861) and Charles (b.29 May 1863). In 1861 they had just Freddie (3). In 1871 Henry and Sarah lived with Frederick, John and William H. (4). In 1881 there was just Henry and Sarah at home. He died about 1901.
72	ii.	Charles HOLMES was born about 1831 in Coventry, Warwickshire. He lived in Ingbirchworth, Yorkshire between 1841 and 1851. In 1841 he lived with his grandparents Joshua Marsden and Charlotte Micklethwaite. and their unmarried children John Micklethwaite (1807), Uriah (1809), Bathsheba (1811) and Harriet (1817). John was a farmer and died later in the year. In 1851 Charles lived with his widowed grandmother, a farmer of 98 acres employing three labourers. In 1851 he was a Corn Miller in Ingbirchworth, Yorkshire. He married Elizabeth Stafford in Denby on 6 December 1857 and their children were:- Jane (1858, Ellen (1860), Edwin (1861), James (1863), Emma (1865), Sarah (1867), Mary (1868), Lucy (1871) and Bertha (1876). Charles was the miller at the corn mill in Ingbirchworth from 1851-1871. His sons followed him in the mill. The family then moved to Denby Dale where Charles was a miller and farmer of 31 acres and he employed three men. By 1891 the family had moved to Springfield Terrace, Moldgreen, Huddersfield and Charles was still a corn miller. He died in 1900 in Moldgreen, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.