Elsie Holmes

Elsie Lavina Holmes 

Born: 1871, Chertsey 

Baptised: 29 October 1871, Horsell 

Father: William Holmes (b. 1844)

Mother: Elizabeth Holmes (b. 1845)

Brothers: Harry Robert William Holmes (b. 1873), Frederick Beaumont Holmes (b. 1879)

Sisters: Annie Florence Beatrice Holmes (b. 1877), Lilian Gertrude Holmes (b. 1881)

Marriage:        1894, Kings Norton 

Husband:         Edward Lorenzo Field 

                        b. 1852

                        Electrotyper and Stereotyper 

Issue – 

#1 Cecil William Field (b. 1896)

In 1881 –

She is at School House, Board School, Corbett Street, Harborne. Her father and mother are listed as ‘Certificated Teacher’. Her aunt, Matilda A Holmes (b. 1851), is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Annie and her siblings (Harry, Annie, Frederick and Lilian) are unlisted. There is a servant, Sophia Ridley (b. 1862).

In 1891 – 

She is at Ballott Street, Smethwick. Her mother and father are listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. Her brother, Harry, is listed as ‘Bank Clerk’. Elsie is listed as ‘College Student’. Her sister, Annie, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her siblings (Frederick and Lilian) are unlisted. There is a servant, Margaret White (b. 1871). 

In 1901 – 

She is at 348 Gilliott Road, Birmingham. Her husband is listed as ‘Electrotyper and Stereotyper’. Her stepson, Edward C Field (b. 1882), is listed as ‘Electrotyper’. Elsie and her son, Cecil, are unlisted. There is a servant, Alice Haughton (b. 1879).

In 04/02 – 

Address is 348 Gillott Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. 

In 04/05 – 

Death recorded as 21.12.04 at Edgbaston.

d.         21 December 1904, Birmingham