Holm Family History
- Holm Name Meaning
- Northern English, 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, Middle English, Middle Low German holm, Old Norse holmr, or a habitational name from a place named with this element. The Swedish name is often ornamental. English: topographic name for someone who lived where holly grew, from Middle English holm, a variant of holin ‘holly’, or possibly a habitational name from places called Holme (Dorset and West Yorkshire) or Holne (Devon), named with this word.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 610,929 Historical Documents with Holm on Ancestry
- 347,430 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 81,188 Census and Voter Lists
- 17,032 Military Records
- 45,220 Immigration Records
- 120,059 Member Trees
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Number of Holm families
 22 - 41  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Holm families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Holm census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Holm census records
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