When William Holeman was born on 15 May 1890, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Benjamin Holeman, was 19 and his mother, Lillian George, was 17. He married Ellen Bishop on 17 February 1888, in Winchester, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. He died on 3 April 1962, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English (London): variant of Holman .
Possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch Holman .
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