Brief Life History of Esther Mary
When Esther Mary Holland was born on 15 December 1897, in Grant, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, her father, Joseph Holland, was 30 and her mother, Harriet Daniels Brown, was 26. She married Lloyd Albert Bennett on 21 November 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in United States in 1949 and Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States in 1950. She died on 3 February 1962, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Esther Bennett, "United States 1950 Census"
- Esther Mary Holland, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Esther Mary Holland Bennett, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1909 · Pioneer Park Opens
A monument honoring the Provo pioneers and Indian war veterans was dedicated on July 24, 1909, as Pioneer Park opened to the public.
1915 · Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.
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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Esther Mary Holland Bennett Life Story
(Life story submitted by Esther Holland Bennett) and printed in a book entitled "Thomas Daniels Brown and Esther Wardle--Their Ancestors and Descendants" compiled by Vance M Holland 1962, pub. 1962 - …
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