George Walton Holland

Brief Life History of George Walton

When George Walton Holland was born on 4 March 1892, in Newry, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Harry Stanford Holland, was 30 and his mother, Linda R Shade, was 30. He married Nellie Ada Cunningham on 12 August 1915, in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Freedom Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and East Saint Clair Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 7 December 1961, in St. Clairsville, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Walton Holland
1892–1961
Nellie Ada Cunningham
1894–1970
Marriage: 12 August 1915
Stanford Walton Holland
1916–2011
Edward Hyskell Holland
1918–1991
George Fredrick Holland
1919–2016
Helen L Holland
1920–2010
Milton Roy Holland
1922–1966
Raymond Eugene Holland
1926–1999
Richard Lawrence Holland
1927–2004

Sources (19)

  • George W Holland, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: George Walton Holland - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: George Walton Holland
  • George Walton Holland, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Name Meaning

English, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, French, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from Holland, a province of the Netherlands.

English: habitational name from Downholland or Upholland (Lancashire), Hulland (Derbyshire), the Parts of Holland, one of the three administrative subdivisions of Lincolnshire, any of the four places called Hoyland (southern Yorkshire), and possibly Great and Little Holland (Essex). The placenames all derive from Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land’ + land ‘land’.

English: habitational name either from Hoeland (Farm) in Bury (Sussex), or from Holland's Barn in Albourne (Sussex). The placename in Bury has the same etymology as in 1 above, while the placename in Albourne may derive from Old English hol ‘hole, hollow’ + land ‘land’.

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

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