Ethel Holden

Brief Life History of Ethel

When Ethel Holden was born in 1891, in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Holden, was 54 and her mother, Betsy Crawshaw, was 39.

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Family Time Line

John Holden
1837–
Betsy Crawshaw
1852–
Walter Holden
1873–
Rose Holden
1875–
Eliza Holden
1877–
Ada Holden
1879–
Maud Holden
1882–
Albert Holden
1883–
Fred Woods Holden
1884–
John Holden
1887–
Earnest Holden
1890–1985
Ethel Holden
1891–

Sources (3)

  • Ethel Holden in household of John Holden, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Ethel Holden in household of Betsy Holden, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • Ethel Holden in household of Betsy Holden, "England and Wales Census, 1901"

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World Events (8)

1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers

The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1924

First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from one or more of various places so named, especially Holden in Haslingden (Lancashire), but also Holden in Bolton and Holden in Silsden (both Yorkshire), Holedean Farm in Henfield and Holden in Rotherfield (both Sussex), Holding Farm in Cheriton and Woolding Farm in Whitchurch (Hampshire), and Holden in Southborough (Kent). Most of the placenames derive from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + denu ‘valley’, though Holden in Rotherfield (Sussex) and Holden in Southborough (Kent) may have Old English denn ‘pasture’ as the final element. Compare Holcomb .

Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, most of them derived from Old Norse hǫll ‘slope, hillside’.

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

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