Author talk:Robert Thomas Holmes

Robert Thomas Holmes?

In Una Platt's book NINETEENTH CENTURY NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS pubished in 1980, R T Holmes is listed as living "at Thorndon, Wellington; was one of the founders of the Fine Arts Assoc Wtn and exhibited with them 1883"
R T Holmes was resident in Wellington in 1886 when he married Emma West.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18860323.2.6
New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 7738, 23 March 1886, Page 2
Births Deaths and Marriages records list the marriage under reference 1886/1303 with the groom's name given as Robert Thomas Holmes.
On the 1887 Electoral Roll, Robert Thomas Holmes is listed as living in Sydney Street, Thorndon, Wellington.
Noracrentiss (talk) 23:24, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

RT Holmes of Sydney St, Thorndon was a historical engraver. 1880 newspaper notes: It may be mentioned to avoid confusion arising from similarity of name that the gentleman we refer to is not the headteacher of the Te Aro school. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM18800708.2.8 Holmes of Te Aro School was W H Holmes https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIST18730212.2.5