Carl Theodore Adolphus Holm

Brief Life History of Carl Theodore Adolphus

When Carl Theodore Adolphus Holm was born on 18 August 1907, in Coltman, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, his father, Carl Otto Holm, was 34 and his mother, Karolina Viktorina Melin Karlsson, was 35. He married Dora Cox on 2 April 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ammon, Bingham, Idaho, United States for about 10 years and Ammon Election Precinct, Bonneville, Idaho, United States for about 5 years. He died on 21 January 1997, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Ammon, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carl Theodore Adolphus Holm
1907–1997
Dora Cox
1910–1998
Marriage: 2 April 1930
Elnora Carolina Holm
1931–1931
Donald Jay Holm
1935–2003
Dayle Carle Holm
1938–

Sources (49)

  • Carl A Holm, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mr. Carl Theodore Adolphus Holm, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Carl Adolphus Holm, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1914 · WWI and the Netherlands

During WWI, the Netherlands declared that they were neutral and stayed so during the war.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lars, Anders, Thor, Holger, Nels, Nils, Sven, Helmer, Lennart, Niels, Vibeke.

English, Scottish, German, and Scandinavian: topographic name for someone who lived on an island, in particular a piece of slightly raised land lying in a fen or partly surrounded by streams, from Middle English, Middle Low German holm, Old Norse holmr, or else a habitational name from a place called with this element. The Swedish name is often ornamental.

English: topographic name for someone who lived where holly grew, from Middle English holm, a divergent development of Old English hole(g)n ‘holly (tree)’; or, especially in southern England, a habitational name from any of the places such as East and West Holme (Dorset) or Holne (Devon). Compare Hollis .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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