People   (Re-unions, trace old friends and relatives.)

John Holmes born 1827 and Joseph Holmes born 1831 in Marsh Green .
Both moved to Silkstone , Yorkshire for work , married two local girls . Then 1856 , the two couples emigrated to Australia.
One of John’s children died of a snakebite while playing in the garden and he brought his family back to Marsh Green , mid 1870s.
Joseph and his family stayed in Australia and he went on to built his own private town , Holmesville.
John Holmes was my gg grandfather.