Real Estate, it's in the blood

I always find it interesting when we discover an ancestor who shares a similar interest or occupation. My husband, Don, is the Broker at our real estate office. It is a career he enjoys, and definitely has an aptitude. When researching his lines, I learned (from the census records) that his great grandfather (on his mother’s side) was a real estate agent.

At a Holmes family website (on myfamily.com), to which Don is a member, one contributor wrote in about Pemberton Holmes, reportedly the longest running real estate company on Vancouver Island. I have no idea if Don is in someway to related to this Holmes, yet I found a photograph of Henry Cuthbert Holmes (who married a Pemberton), and thought the photograph looked eerily like one of Don’s Holmes uncles.

While this Holmes is no great grandparent (we already have record of that line), the resemblance does make me wonder if he is some cousin.

(Photograph of Don's great-grandfather, Charles Talbot)