Genealogy Wylie » Emily Holmes (1858-1910)

Personal data Emily Holmes 

  • She was born May 1858 in Round Top, Fayette County, Texas.
  • Census in the year 1860, Round Top, Fayette County, Texas.
  • Census in the year 1880, Fayette Co. Texas.
  • Census in the year 1900, Hill County, Texas.
  • She died between 1906 and 1910 in Oklahoma.
  • She is buried in Wells Valley Cemetery, Johnston County, Oklahoma.
  • This information was last updated on June 20, 2011.

Household of Emily Holmes

She is married to William A. Baker.

They got married on May 24, 1880 at Fayette County, Texas, she was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Eugene Alfred Baker  1882-???? 
  2. Lenora Baker  1883-1973 
  3. Edward J. Baker  1884-1951 
  4. Elmer Frances Baker  1885-???? 
  5. Lola Baker  1887-1932
  6. Vivian Harrison Baker  1889-???? 
  7. Pearl Cora Baker  1891-1943 
  8. Lela M. Baker  1895-????
  9. Willie Harrison Baker  1898-1990 
  10. Silas Baker  1899-????


Notes about Emily Holmes

Emily is perhaps buried in Wells Valley Cemetery, Johnston County, Oklahoma. There is a listing in this cemetery for an Emily Baker...the only date given is 1858 and this is the year that our Emily Baker was born.

The 1880 Fayette Co., Texas census shows Will Baker living in the home of Alfred Wood. Will's wife is listed as Emily and she is listed as "sister" to the head of household.

From a "Post-it note" in my Worldconnect gedcom by Carol Behringer:

Emily Holmes, daughter of Hildy/Hila Petty Wood & John "Jack" Holmes (Hildy's
first husband was Silas Wood), born in Round Top,Fayette County, Texas. Emily's
older sibling was Mary Holmes Winnisderfer (spelled many ways). Hildy died
sometime after 1880 probably in Fayette County; John Holmes born September 5,
1816; died March 10, 1904; interred in Florida Cemetery, Round Top, Fayette
County, Texas, just outside the Winnisderfer family plot. John Holmes divorced
Hildy about 1869. Emily is listed in the 1860 Fayette County, Texas,Census
Record showing "Hily Homes" as head of household. William & Emily are shown in
the 1880 Fayette County, Texas Census Record living in the Alfred Wood
household. Alford was a half brother to Emily by Hildy's first marriage. Her
half siblings were: Jasper Wood, Lavina Wood Behringer, Carroll/Christian Wood,
Pauline/Pliney Wood Byler, Susan/Martha Wood, Alford Wood and Samuel Wood.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Emily Holmes

Emily Holmes
1858-1910

1880

William A. Baker
± 1860-1934

Eugene Alfred Baker
1882-????
Lenora Baker
1883-1973
Edward J. Baker
1884-1951
Elmer Frances Baker
1885-????
Lola Baker
1887-1932
Vivian Harrison Baker
1889-????
Pearl Cora Baker
1891-1943
Lela M. Baker
1895-????
Willie Harrison Baker
1898-1990
Silas Baker
1899-????

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Day of marriage May 24, 1880

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