Brief Life History of Thomas
Thomas Holland was born in 1783, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Elizabeth Maiben on 1 December 1807, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Telscombe, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 17 August 1808, in Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 25, and was buried in Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Thomas Holland in household of Thomas Holland, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Thomas Holland, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Thomas Holland, "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910"
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World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
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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