When Green Holland was born on 18 October 1822, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States, his father, Elisha Holland Sr, was 57 and his mother, Patience "Patie" Peacock, was 34. He married Elizabeth Barnes on 14 October 1852, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Great Swamp Township, Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1880. His occupation is listed as school teacher and farmer in Wayne, North Carolina, United States. He died on 4 September 1886, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Wayne, North Carolina, United States.
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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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