• Born: 1856, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ²
• Married: 1886, Mudgee District, New South Wales, Australia ¹
• Died: 26 Aug 1928, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia ³
• Buried: Mudgee Cemetery, Ulan Rd., Mudgee, N.S.W., Australia ⁴

  Research Notes:

Co-executor of his mother's Will.

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Will of William Page Holmes, late of Mudgee, Storekeeper.

"THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me WILLIAM PAGE HOLMES of Mudgee, Storekeeper. I appoint my wife ANNIE AUGUSTA HOLMES of Mudgee and my son GEORGE THOMAS HOLMES of Yamba, Civil Servant, to be the executrix and executor of this my will. I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH the whole of my property both real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever situate unto my dear wife ANN AUGUSTA HOLMES for the term of her life and at her death I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH the same to my four children ETHEL AUGUSTA BARBER, GRACE HOLMES, ELSIE MAY HOLMES and GEORGE THOMAS HOLMES in equal shares share and share alike, the share of any daughter who may be married to be held by her as her separate property and free from the control of her present or future husband AS WITNESS my hand at Mudgee this nineteenth day of January A.D. 1922.
W.P. HOLMES

SUBSCRIBED and declared by the said Testator William Page Holmes as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses:— Herbert J. McPherson, solicitor, Mudgee, R. Dobie Bawden, solicitor, Mudgee.

1st April, 1930. On this date, Probate of the last will of the abovenamed deceased was granted to George Thomas Holmes of Mudgee, Storekeeper, the surviving executor named in the said will. Testator died on the 26th day of August in the year of our Lord, 1928. Estate sworn at £5397/1/5. Net."



"LATE WILLIAM PAGE HOLMES.

The death occurred on Sunday, last of William Page Holmes, aged 72 years, one of the most esteemed residents of the town. Despite his years deceased was a very active man, and until he took ill a few days before his death, a lease of his life could have been taken. A son of the late Thomas Holmes of Spring Flat, up to twenty-five years ago he was a successful farmer and at that time he purchased the old established and well-known grocery and produce business in Lewis street from Mr Ernest Bax. This, in conjunction with his son, George, has been successfully carried on ever since. He was a sincere and staunch supporter of the Methodist Church and truly a God-fearing man, who carried out his religious ideals in a thoroughly. Christian manner. He was universally esteemed and a true Christian gentleman. Besides a sorrowing wife, he is survived by one son, George, who will manage the business, and three daughters: Mrs F. Barber (Bankstown) and Grace and Elsie (Mudgee). The funeral took place on Monday, a service being first conducted in the Methodist Church by the Rev. H. Howard, who afterwards conducted the service at the graveside. To the bereaved relatives we extend our sincere sympathy in their sad loss, which was so unexpected." ^{5 6}

   Marriage Information:

William married Annie Augusta DOSWELL, daughter of Augustus George DOSWELL and Catherine GANOR, in 1886 in Mudgee District, New South Wales, Australia ¹. (Annie Augusta DOSWELL was born in 1862 in Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, died on 17 Feb 1930 in Lewis St., Mudgee, N.S.W., Australia ⁷ and was buried in Mudgee Cemetery, Ulan Rd., Mudgee, N.S.W., Australia ⁴.)