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William Waller Holland

Birth	:	1809
Death	:	15 May 1884
Burial	:	Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6690000, -92.1557000
Description	:	aged 74 yrs, 11 mos, 10 days William W. Holland (1809-1884) and his wife Sarah Robbins (1811-1898) were both from Milton, Sussex, Delaware. They had five children. Three were born in Delaware: John C. 1837, Mary F. 1829, and Hannah 1841. Elisha 1843, Lydia 1846 and Sara were born in Iowa. The Holland's were a prominent Delaware family who settled there in the 1600s. Their English roots can be traced back to Robert de Holland (1320-1375) and the royal Plantagenet court. In 1928 William's son John C. Holland wrote a history of how the Holland family came to Milton, Iowa. He... Read More	aged 74 yrs, 11 mos, 10 days William W. Holland (1809-1884) and his wife Sarah Robbins (1811-1898) were both from Milton, Sussex, Delaware. They had five children. Three were born in Delaware: John C. 1837, Mary F. 1829, and Hannah 1841. Elisha 1843, Lydia 1846 and Sara were born in Iowa. The Holland's were a prominent Delaware family who settled there in the 1600s. Their English roots can be traced back to Robert de Holland (1320-1375) and the royal Plantagenet court. In 1928 William's son John C. Holland wrote a history of how the Holland family came to Milton, Iowa. He drew on "the halls of his memory" and "stories he remembered from his elders." The story was published in the Milton Herald. Because land inheritance was governed by primogenitor law in Delaware and William was not the first born son of John Holland (1746-1811), William set out to "spy out land" in the "new country." He worked on farms, earned $36, married Sarah and had three children John C., Mary P., and Hannah E. In 1840 he and another man traveled by water to Philadelphia, walked to Indiana where he bought an "Indian pony," proceeded to ride to the Milton, Iowa area, selected 360 acres to homestead and entered his claim for the land in Burlington, Iowa on his way back to Delaware to collect his family. In 1842 he and his family along with five other families made the trip back to Milton via waterways and ox carts. In 1843 Elisha was born and Lydia followed in 1847. One of the reasons he came to Iowa was to "get away from drunken relations." He never joined a church because ministers of his day drank an occasional "toddy." William eventually accumulated 840 acres of land north of the town of Milton, Iowa, which was named after the before mentioned Delaware town.

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William Waller Holland's memorial is located at: Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton, Van Buren County, USA.
When did William Waller Holland death?
William Waller Holland death on 15 May 1884 in
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Latitude: 40.6690000
Longitude: -92.1557000

Family Members:

Spouse

Sarah C Robbins Holland

(1811 - 1898)

Children

John Coard Holland

(1837 - 1929)

Mary F. Holland Craven

(1839 - 1863)

Hannah E Holland Hargrove

(1842 - 1934)

Elisha C Holland

(1844 - 1930)

Lydia Robbins Holland Hagler

(1846 - 1887)

Sarah A Holland Williams

(1849 - 1872)

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