Francis Adolphus HOLM (born WEBBER)

1889 - 1971  (82 years)

• Name	Francis Adolphus HOLM (born WEBBER)
  Birth	12 Mar 1889	Illogan, Cornwall   [1]
  Christening	26 Nov 1889	Redruth, Cornwall   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	DA4F09C91BA74B3ABD4B995F84633EEF5667
  Death	31 May 1971	Durban, South Africa   [2]
  Notes	A letter dated February 4 1994 written by Frances M DROLL of San Antonio, Texas, addressed to The Ministery of Interior, Persons and Censors Department, Pretoria, South Africa sought information about Frances' two uncles, Francis Adolphus and Ernest George Holm. It contained the following information about Francis Adolphus: Birthplace England 1888-89. Was a member of the South African Bowling Team in the late 1930s. Children: Esme Holm and Clarence Holm, born in Durban Esme Holm's first husband was killed in World War II, she remarried and her last known name was Huckstra, last information known possibly living in Rhodesia. Clarence Holm served in the war. The reply to this letter dated 3 March 1994 included the following: "Francis Adolphus Holm, born 12 March 1889, died on 31 May 1971 at Durban. His son Clarence Frederick Holm, born 28 February 1919 and daughter Esme Lorna Hoekstra, born Holm on 18 November 1922, are still alive." Erica Minter's tree at Ancestry.com includes another son, Dudley Sinclair Holm, born 1917, Johannesburg, died 1 Jul 1959 at Ladysmith on Durban road.
  Person ID	I1904	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	1 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Francis George WEBBER,   b. Dec 1860, Helland, Cornwall d. 4 Aug 1900, Redruth RD (Age ~ 39 years)
  Mother	Laura Annie BEST,   b. Jun 1871, Illogan, Cornwall d. 20 Oct 1953, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1888	Redruth RD   [3]
  Family ID	F651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S300] England, Cornwall Parish Reisters, 1538 - 2020 at familysearch.org. [S272] Erica Glynne Minter, including her Ancestry.com tree, January 2020 and later. [S36] BMD index, Q2 1888 Redruth 5c/338. (Reliability: 3).