When Ermon Holtzclaw was born in 1816, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Stephen Holtzclaw, was 47 and her mother, Alise Green, was 43. She had at least 1 son and 5 daughters with Joseph E Brown. She lived in Milton, Georgia, United States in 1860 and Georgia, United States in 1870. She died on 1 February 1901, in District 1176, Milton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Milton, Georgia, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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Americanized form of German Holzklau, which translates into modern German as ‘wood thief’, but is probably a nickname for someone who gathered wood, from Middle High German holz ‘wood’ + a derivative of klūben ‘to pick up, gather, steal’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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