Researching Geoff Holmes
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 36469 people with the Holmes surname? In that year Holmes was ranked number 83 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Geoff means "Form of JEFFREY. God's peace" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Geoff Holmes on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Geoff Holmes and the Holmes Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Holmes Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Holmes family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 48582 people with the Holmes surname in the UK? Holmes is now ranked number 84 for popularity in the UK. |
Holmes Family Tree Databases
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Holmes Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 197486 people with the Holmes surname in the USA? Holmes is ranked number 92 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Holmes Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Geoff Holmes. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Geoff Holmes
Geoff Holmes
Geoffrey Clarke Holmes (16 September 1958 – 23 March 2009) was a Welsh cricketer and a director of the Cricket Board of Wales. He was Glamorgan's player of the year in 1988.
Holmes joined Glamorgan after serving on the MCC groundstaff and made his first appearance for the county in 1978. He made runs consistently between 1984 and 1988, passing 1,000 runs four times and 900 twice. He hit two of his eleven career hundreds against Somerset in the same match in 1988. He played one season with Border in South Africa and proved highly successful, making 563 runs at 67.55, including his best score of 182.
In his 209 first-class matches, Holmes compiled 8092 runs at a steady pace at 28.49 and took 88 wickets with his right arm medium pacers. He was perhaps at his best in one day cricket, with his excellent ground fielding adding to his 3643 runs at 25.47 and 136 wickets at 25.68, including a remarkable spell of 5 for 2 in the Sunday League against Derbyshire in 1984.
A back injury forced him into retirement in 1991 after his benefit, after which he worked for a building society in South Wales and coached young cricketers for his local club in Cardiff. He became a Cricket Board of Wales director in 2005. He died on 23 March 2009.
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