Harry Leland Stanford Holland

2 April 1861–10 June 1931 (Age 70)
Newry, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Harry Leland Stanford

When Harry Leland Stanford Holland was born on 2 April 1861, in Newry, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John B. Holland, was 27 and his mother, Lavenia Weaver, was 24. He married Linda Rae Shade on 20 June 1883, in Leamersville, Freedom Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Freedom Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Hollidaysburg, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 June 1931, in Hollidaysburg, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Leamersville, Freedom Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry Leland Stanford Holland
1861–1931
Linda Rae Shade
1861–1942
Marriage: 20 June 1883
Florine Z. Holland
1884–1969
Mary Pearl Holland
1886–1976
John Earle Holland
1888–1970
Francis H. Holland
1890–1961
George Walton Holland
1892–1961
William James Holland
1894–1973
Leland Elwood Holland
1899–1935
Lewis Milton Holland
1902–1983
Theodore Berdine Holland
1906–1977
Aldine Linda Holland
1908–1997

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
20 June 1883
Leamersville, Freedom Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
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World Events (8)

1863

Age 2

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

Age 2

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 20

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

1 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÓileáin, a variant of Ó hAoláin, from a form of Faolán (with loss of the initial F-), a personal name representing a diminutive of faol ‘wolf’. Compare Whelan .2 English and Scottish: habitational name from Holland, a division of Lincolnshire, or any of the eight villages in various parts of England so called, from Old English hōh ‘ridge’ + land ‘land’. The Scottish name may also be from places called Holland in Orkney, Houlland in Shetland, Hollandbush in Stirlingshire, and Holland-Hirst in the parish of Kirkintilloch.3 English, German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and Dutch: regional name from Holland, a province of the Netherlands.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Harry S Holland, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Harry S Halland, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Harry S Holland, "United States Census, 1920"

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