Tom HOLMES, b: 1910 - New Ross, Ireland

^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1830 French Revolution}
^{1837 Queen Victoria assumes throne}
^{1854 Crimean War with Russia}
^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}


			^John HOLMES^{b.1837 d.1927}

		^{John Thomas HOLMES}^{b.1880 Monasterevan, Ireland d.1952 Kilkenny, Ireland}	^{Anna Maria LEE}^b.1855 d.

^Tom HOLMES^{b.1937 Wexford, Ireland d.1991 Nenagh, Ireland}	^Tom HOLMES^{b.1910 New Ross, Ireland d.1972 Thurles, Ireland}		^{Aaron ZIMBER}^{b.1851 Neukirch, Germany d.1901 New Ross, Ireland}

^{Peggy HOLMES}^{b. d.}		^{Albertina ZIMBER}^{b.1881 New Ross, Ireland d.1927 Kilkenny, Ireland}	^{Elizabeth ASHMORE}^{b.1857 Waterford, Ireland d.1894 New Ross, Ireland}

^{Billy HOLMES}^{b. d.}			^{John FLAHERTY}^{b.1848 Waterford, Ireland d.}

^{Bertha HOLMES}^{b. d.}		^{William FLAHERTY}^{b.1873 d.1948}	^Mary LONG^b.1828 d.

	^{Mary O'FLAHERTY}^{b.1910 Waterford, Ireland d.1971 Thurles, Ireland}		^Tom REALE^b.1841 d.

		^{Margaret REALE}^{b.1873 Waterford, Ireland d.1950}	^{Mary Ann QUINN}^{b.1846 Waterford, Ireland d.}