Brief Life History of Gideon
When Gideon Holt was christened on 22 June 1777, in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Ralph Holt, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Mather, was 31. He died on 23 July 1788, in Whitefield, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 11, and was buried in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Gideon Holt, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Gideon Holt, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- Burial record for Gideon Holt
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Name Meaning
English, North German, Dutch, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, from Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, and Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word. In England, the surname is widely distributed, but more common in Lancashire and Yorkshire than elsewhere.
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