| Birth: | 27 Jan 1856 in West Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA 1 |
| Death: | After 1924 3 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Lelen Collins YORK b. 31 Jan 1815 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA |
| Mother: | Mary L. BROWN b. 24 Feb 1823 in Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA |
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| Reference: 11.4 |
| Census: 1865 Brookfield, Madison, New York, USA 2 |
| Occupation: Insurance, farming, butter and cheese making, dealer in farm machinery 4 1 |
| Religion: Society of Friends 5 1 |
| Changed: 22 Sep 1998 |
Individual:
Age 7 in 1865.
Jan. 27, 1858.
Birthplace: Madison.Brookfield, 3rd dist., family #111p. 49p. 188Brookfield, 3rd dist., family #111
Given name in 1865 census is illegible but appears to end in [lle]; no resemblance seen to "Mahlon Day" or any variant.
He was named for Mahlon Day, a Quaker publisher who died in the early 1850s in a shipwreck off Cape Race, Newfoundland.Brookfield, 3rd dist., family #111
Lived in Unadilla; his sister Florinda lived with him in late life.
Fellows Street, Unadilla; Flora lived with him from around 1910 to her death in 1924.
He was in an insurance business, then became involved in farming and was an administrator of the York Modern Corporation.
Brookfield in 1924.
- Type: Book
Author: Ervine Denison York
Title: The York Book, Origin of Name & English Families; Their History, Heraldry & Genealogy; American Descendants; The History & First Location of Numerous Branches of the Family in America
Publication: Guardian Press (Hillcrest Manor, Button Falls Road, West Edmeston, NY, ca. 1990)
Text: "Duplicate of revise of 1908" actually contains some informatio
n as late as 1916. (Pages filed at HOLMES NY-27 are copied from earlier edition and contain additional information labelled as being from "Gray Book". This copy was sent to Roland Holmes apparently by Colby Thompson May 4, 1989, who may have supplied the added information.)Text: p. 118
- Type: Census
Title: New York State census population schedule
Place: Madison County, part 1
Date: 1865
Media: microfilm #0408495
Text: Brookfield, 3rd dist., family #111
- Type: Newspaper
Title: Respected Unadilla Woman
Title: obituary for Flora E. Belden, unknown newspaper
Media: clipping
- Type: Letter
Author: Roland C. Holmes
Title: letter to Richard S. Holmes
Date: Jan 24-26, 1997
- Type: Book
Title: Holmes Happenings 1984-1986
Publication: published privately
Text: "The Holmes Family"
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