Edward Guy Holman

Male6 August 1906–22 July 1989

Brief Life History of Edward Guy

When Edward Guy Holman was born on 6 August 1906, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, his father, Guy Edward Holman, was 29 and his mother, Marie Aimée née Marie Henriette Constance Salvalagli, was 30. He married Rhoda Christiansen on 23 July 1938, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States. He lived in Cascade Locks, Hood River, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States in 1950. He died on 22 July 1989, in Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Riverview Abbey Mausoleum, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Guy Holman
1906–1989
Rhoda Christiansen
1890–1965
Marriage: 23 July 1938

Sources (17)

  • Edward G Holman, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Edward Guy Holman, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
  • Edward G Holman, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 July 1938Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1907 · Not for profit elections

    Age 1

    The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

    1916

    Age 10

    Riverview Abbey Mausoleum Company was founded in 1916. The original building included just one corridor named the Lilac Corridor. It was built on property acquired in part from the Portland Clay Company in 1916. The endowment tract included 157 feet of frontage on Taylors Ferry Road in Portland.

    1929

    Age 23

    13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

    Name Meaning

    English (southern): topographic name for a ‘dweller in a hollow’, from hol + man (Old English holh + mann). Compare Holler and Hole .

    Dutch: habitational name for someone from any of several locations named Hol, from Dutch hol ‘hollow’, or from Middle Dutch hole, heule ‘(low) arched bridge, weir’.

    Dutch: from a pet form, formed with man ‘man’, of the personal name Holle, from an ancient Germanic compound name with the element hold ‘loyalty’, for instance Holdert, Hollebrand, Holger and Holmer. Compare Holleman .

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

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