Brief Life History of Elisabeth
When Elisabeth Holland was born about 1854, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, her father, William George Holland, was 26 and her mother, Columbia Ann Fowler, was 16. She lived in Lafayette, Arkansas, United States in 1870. She died in Texas, United States.
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- Elisabeth Holland in household of Wm Holland, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elisabeth Holland - Government record: birth-name: Elisabeth Holland
- E Holland in household of W Holland, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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