Hold Family History
- Hold Name Meaning
- English: from Old Norse holdr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal nobility immediately below that of earl. German: nickname from Middle High German holde ‘friend’ or ‘servant’, ‘vassal’. German (Höld): variant of Held ‘hero’ (see Held 1), found chiefly in Bavaria.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 102,225 Historical Documents with Hold on Ancestry
- 54,709 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 12,031 Census and Voter Lists
- 17,845 Military Records
- 2,249 Immigration Records
- 15,391 Member Trees
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Number of Hold families
 38 - 74  13 - 37 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hold families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hold census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Hold census records
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