Frances Holmes

Frances Henrietta Holmes

Born: 22 February 1882

Baptised: 2 April 1882, Bentham

Father: Francis H Holmes (b. 1846)

Mother: Mary M Holmes (b. 1851)

Brothers: William Holmes (b. 1875), Bryan Holmes (b. 1877), Edward Holmes (b. 1881)

Sisters: Margaret Holmes (b. 1869), Ann Isa Holmes (b. 1874), Kate E Holmes (b. 1880), Jane H Holmes (b. 1887)

Marriage:        7 May 1924, Sheffield 

Husband:         Thomas Cowlishaw 

                        b. 21 August 1886

                        Monumental Sculptor 

In 1891 –

She is at Station View, Main Street, Bentham, Settle, Yorkshire. Her father is listed as ‘Plumber and Painter’. Her mother is unlisted. Her sister, Margaret, is listed as ‘Assistant Housekeeper’. Her sister, Ann, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Painters Assistant’. Her brother, Bryan, is listed as ‘Joiners Apprentice’. Frances and her siblings (Kate, Edward and Jane) are unlisted. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Glenhouse, Bentham, Yorkshire. Her mother is listed as widow and ‘Living on Own Means’. Her brother, Bryan, is listed as ‘Joiner’. Her sister, Kate, is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Frances is listed as ‘Assistant School Teacher’. Her sister, Jane, is unlisted. 

In 10/01 – 

PT at Bentham Church.

In 10/03 – 

Appointed to Sheffield Board. £70.

In 10/05 – 

Address is 11 Tylney Road, Stafford Road, Sheffield. 

In 1911 – 

She is at The Stores Hook Goole, Yorkshire as a boarder. John Herbert Smith (b. 1864), the head of the house, is listed as ‘Grocer Dealer’. His wife, Annie J Smith (b. 1874), and children, Francis Donald Smith (b. 1902) and Dorothy Margaret Smith (b. 1903), are unlisted. Frances and Jennie Greenep (b. 1883) are listed as boarder and ‘School Teacher Elementary’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 284 City Road, Sheffield as a boarder. The head of the household, Herbert W Roberts (b. 1871), is listed as ‘Monumental Sculptor’. His wife, Annie A Roberts (b. 1872), is unlisted. Frances is listed as boarder and ‘Teacher’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 304 Lock Up Garage, Sheffield. Her husband, Thomas, is listed as ‘Monumental Sculptor’. Frances is unlisted. Harold Cowlishaw (b. 26 December 1912) is listed as ‘Trained Certificated Assistant School Master’. Kathleen Cowlishaw (b. 10 September 1916) is listed as ‘Shorthand Typist Clerk’. 

d.         14 November 1958, Sheffield 

COWLISHAW, Frances Henrietta of 295 Carterknowle Road, Sheffield married woman died 14 November 1958 at Nether Edge Hospital, Sheffield. Probate Wakefield 16 January to The Yorkshire Penny Bank Limited. Effects £1233, 2s, 6d.