Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Holden was born on 16 September 1836, in Hartford, Licking, Ohio, United States, his father, Edwin Holden, was 29 and his mother, Ruia Angeline Bliss, was 21. He married Louisa McCauslin on 29 January 1860, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 17 May 1877, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Henry Holden in household of Edwin Holden, "United States Census, 1850"
- U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
- Henry Holden, "BillionGraves Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of various places so named, especially Holden in Haslingden (Lancashire), but also Holden in Bolton and Holden in Silsden (both Yorkshire), Holedean Farm in Henfield and Holden in Rotherfield (both Sussex), Holding Farm in Cheriton and Woolding Farm in Whitchurch (Hampshire), and Holden in Southborough (Kent). Most of the placenames derive from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + denu ‘valley’, though Holden in Rotherfield (Sussex) and Holden in Southborough (Kent) may have Old English denn ‘pasture’ as the final element. Compare Holcomb .
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, most of them derived from Old Norse hǫll ‘slope, hillside’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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