Holling History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Germany

The German surname Holling can be derived from either the place name Hollingen in Lorraine or in Westphalia, or from the Frisian personal name Hollenga.

Early Origins of the Holling family

The surname Holling was first found in the region of Upper Germany.

Early History of the Holling family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Holling research. Another 58 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1493, 1525, 1543, 1545, 1797 and 1872 are included under the topic Early Holling History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Holling Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Holling, Hollinger, Hollingen, Hällinger and many more.

Early Notables of the Holling family

Notables of the time with the name Holling included

Henricus and Everhardus Hollingerus, who were preachers in the Netherlands in the 17th century, and Godefroid Joseph Baron de Holling (1797-1872), who was a major-general in the Belgian army

Holling migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Holling Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Laughlin Holling, who landed in Maryland in 1663 1

Holling Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Cath Holling, who arrived in North America in 1832-1849 1
F. H. Holling, who arrived in Baltimore in 1833
Catherine Holling, who settled in America in 1838
Christopher Holling traveled to Missouri in 1844
Christopher Holling, aged 37, who landed in Missouri in 1844 1
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Holling (post 1700) +

Carl Theodore Holling (1896-1962), American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers from 1921 to 1922
Thomas Leslie Holling (1889-1966), American politician, Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York (1938-1941)
Holling Clancy Holling (1900-1973), born Holling Allison Clancy, an American author and illustrator, best known for the book Paddle-to-the-Sea, awarded a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942 and was later an Academy Award nominated short film
Thomas L. Holling, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Senate 50th District, 1932, 1934; Delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; Mayor of Buffalo, New York, 1938-41 2
Crawford Stanley "Buzz" Holling OC (b. 1930), Canadian ecologist, and Emeritus Eminent Scholar and Professor in Ecological Sciences at the University of Florida
Holling Clancy Holling (1900-1973), born Holling Allison Clancy, an American author and illustrator, best known for the book Paddle-to-the-Sea, awarded a Caldecott Honor Book in 1942 and was later an Academy Award nominated short film

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html