Thomas Holland

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Holland was born in 1795, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Holland, was 34 and his mother, Ann Taylor, was 38. He married Hannah Frith Richardson on 25 November 1821, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Brightside, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 16 January 1864, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 69, and was buried in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Holland
1795–1864
Hannah Frith Richardson
1797–1873
Marriage: 25 November 1821
Thomas Holland
1821–
Hannah Holland
1822–1870
William Holland
1825–1902
William Holland
1828–
Mary Holland
1829–
John Holland
1832–1909
Elizabeth Lee Holland
1834–1920
Martha Holland
1835–1869

Sources (38)

  • Thomas Holland, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Thomas Holland, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Thomas Holland, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"

World Events (8)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

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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