Brief Life History of Earl Alfred
When Earl Alfred Holland was born on 1 March 1912, in Virginia, United States, his father, George Herbert Holland, was 40 and his mother, Maude Marshall Waller, was 37. He married Ella Mae Doris Lightfoot on 13 July 1938, in Orange, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and Glendale Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 19 January 1989, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Earle A Holland, "United States 1950 Census"
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- Earle Alfred Holland, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
1912–1989 Male
1912–1970 Female
Children (1)
1937–1998 Male
Parents and Siblings
1872–1939 Male
1874–1958 Female
Siblings (1)
1912–1989 Male
World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 1
1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility
Age 5
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Age 22
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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