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1. | Father Unknown Holmes Family/Spouse: Nancy Mary Spindle. Nancy (daughter of Armstead Spindle and Daughter Unknown Frazier) was born in Apr 1852 in Virginia, USA; died on 26 Jun 1902 in 1408 Fulton, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Sarah Holmes (1.Father1) was born about 1870 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 24 Feb 1899 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Charles Payton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | William Holmes (1.Father1) was born about 1873 in Pennsylvania, USA. |
4. | Moses Holmes (1.Father1) was born on 12 Sep 1877 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 31 Aug 1964 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Emma Ellen Turner. Emma (daughter of William Henry Turner and Betty T Williams) was born about 1879 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Edith Jane Payton (2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) was born on 18 Jan 1893 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Nov 1973 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Charles Augustus Finley, I. Charles (son of John Finley, I and Hannah Jane Johnson) was born on 12 Dec 1885 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Helen Payton (2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) |
7. | Clara Payton (2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) |
8. | Ester Holmes (4.Moses2, 1.Father1) was born in 1901 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Ester married John Robert Curtis on 11 May 1920 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. John was born in Aug 1898 in West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Living Holmes (4.Moses2, 1.Father1) |
10. | Myrtle Angeline Finley (5.Edith3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) was born on 14 Nov 1927 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Sep 1967 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried . Myrtle married Wendell Samuel Banks, Sr on 11 Jan 1947 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Wendell (son of Charles Elwood Banks and Naomi Gumby) was born on 18 Jan 1926 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Aug 1985 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Living Finley (5.Edith3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) Family/Spouse: Living Caromartie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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12. | Living Finley (5.Edith3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) |
13. | Living Finley (5.Edith3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) |
14. | Living Finley (5.Edith3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) |
15. | Clara Finley (5.Edith3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) was born on 22 Dec 1919 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 3 Nov 1920 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. |
16. | Helen Finley (5.Edith3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) was born on 4 Sep 1921 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 11 May 1962 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Living Steel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
17. | Sarah Brown (5.Edith3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) was born on 5 Apr 1924 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 21 Jan 1991. Family/Spouse: Living Brown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Sarah married Walter Kaylor Smith on 4 May 1943 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Walter was born on 21 Mar 1925 in Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, USA; died on 2 Mar 1979 in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
18. | Rachael Finley (5.Edith3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Father1) was born on 12 Nov 1913 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 4 Sep 1914 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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