Brief Life History of Vilhjalmur Holmar
When Vilhjalmur Holmar Vilhjalmsson was born on 11 April 1945, in Iceland, his father, Vilhjalmur Hinrik Ívarsson, was 45 and his mother, Hólmfrídur Oddsdóttir, was 38. He died on 28 March 1978, in Luxembourg, at the age of 32.
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World Events (3)
1948
Luxembourg abandons its neutrality. Forms an economic union with Belgium and the Netherlands.
1948
Luxembourg abandons its neutrality. Luxembourg joins NATO.
1957
Luxembourg becomes founder member of the European Economic Community, which comes into effect in January 1958. The EEC is a fore-runner of the European Union.
Name Meaning
English (southern): topographic name for a ‘dweller in a hollow’, from hol + man (Old English holh + mann). Compare Holler and Hole .
Dutch: habitational name for someone from any of several locations named Hol, from Dutch hol ‘hollow’, or from Middle Dutch hole, heule ‘(low) arched bridge, weir’.
Dutch: from a pet form, formed with man ‘man’, of the personal name Holle, from an ancient Germanic compound name with the element hold ‘loyalty’, for instance Holdert, Hollebrand, Holger and Holmer. Compare Holleman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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