James Allen Hollingsworth

Brief Life History of James Allen

When James Allen Hollingsworth was born on 24 December 1885, in Caribou, Idaho, United States, his father, James Hollingsworth, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Violet Smith, was 43. He died on 24 February 1891, in Soda Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 5, and was buried in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Hollingsworth
1842–1915
Elizabeth Violet Smith
1842–1934
Florence Elizabeth Hollingsworth
1880–1964
James Allen Hollingsworth
1885–1891

Sources (7)

  • Legacy NFS Source: James Allen Hollingsworth - Government record: Cemetery record or headstone: birth: 24 December 1885; Idaho, United States
  • James Allen Hallensworth, "Find A Grave Index"
  • James Allen Hollingsworth, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (4)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1890

Idaho is the 43rd state.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Hollingworth (Cheshire), Hollingworth in Butterworth (Lancashire), or possibly Hollinworth Head in Charlesworth (Derbyshire), from Old English holegn ‘holly’ + worth ‘enclosure’. The surname, which was taken to Ireland in the 17th century, has developed a variant with an unexplained medial -s- not noted in any of the placename forms.

Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish name.

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

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