Jane Holmes (1805 - 1885)

Born 1805 in County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 3 May 1885 at about age 80 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Jane was born to David Holmes and Eleanor Kells in 1805.^[1]

Establised Protestant Home for Incurables.^[1][2][3][4]

Death

Jane Holmes, a single woman, passed away at age 80 years and one month on May 3,1885 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. ^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Guide to the Jane Holmes Residence and Gardens Records 1881-2007 Historic Pittsburgh (https://historicpittsburgh.org/ : accessed 9 May 2021
2. ↑ "Another Home" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 10 Dec 1883, Mon Page 2 (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 Apr 2021)
3. ↑ "Holmes House Reveres Bicentenniel Party" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 24 Sep 1975, Wed Page 13 (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 Apr 2021)
4. ↑ "Remembering Janes" & "2 women changed face of Pittsburgh" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 09 Apr 2008, Wed Pages 23 and 24 (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 Apr 2021)
5. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZQB-LQ6 : 2 March 2021), Jane Holmes, 03 May 1885; citing page 550, Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh; FHL microfilm 505,835.
6. ↑ "$715,000 In Charity" Lancaster Intelligencer (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) 20 May 1885, Wed Page 5 (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 Apr 2021)

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M448-CJL : 21 December 2020), Jane Holmes in household of David Holmes, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPS-C64 : 18 February 2021), Jane Holmes in entry for David Holmes, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW62-C2C : 20 February 2021), Jane Holmes in household of William Holmes, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 141, sheet 356B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,093.
• "A PROTESTANT HOME FOR INCURABLES" New York Times, The (New York, New York) June 17, 1880, Page 2
• "Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cemetery Records, 1845 - 1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W8VV-34W2 : 21 August 2019), Jane Holmes, 3 May 1885; citing Burial, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh.
• "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5DG-JST2 : 9 July 2020), Jane Holmes, 1885.
• "Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cemetery Records, 1845 - 1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WC82-QRT2 : 9 August 2019), Jane Holmes, 6 May 1885; citing Burial, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh.
• Foley, Nancy & Speranza, Lisa. "Allegheny Cemetery" (Arcadia Publishing, 2016) Page 98 Google Books
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 May 2021, 20:49), entry for Jane Holmes (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GZHR-PP2 ); contributed by various users.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #122389441