The Holladay surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,845 people carried this name — #6,924 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,670 in 2000.

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In print

Holladay in American newspapers,
1905–1918.

Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Holladay
The Poplar Standard 1918-03-21
Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Holladay
The Ronan Pioneer 1918-03-22
Newspaper page from The Lancaster Gazette carrying the name Holladay
The Lancaster Gazette 1905-12-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,309 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Holladay in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

69 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Holladay. The most, 19, date from the 1870s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 25
Victoria 17
ACT (Canberra) 9
Tasmania 8
Queensland 6
South Australia 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Holladay.

Who carried it

People named Holladay,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel W. Holladay
    Samuel W. Holladay 1823–1915 · lawyer
  • Alexander Q. Holladay
    Alexander Q. Holladay 1839–1909 · lawyer
  • A. J. Holladay d. 1989 · classical scholar
  • Alexander Holladay 1811–1877 · lawyer
  • Hugo Holladay 1862–1946
  • Edmond Burke Holladay 1862–1945

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Holladay,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States265 records

265 records of the Holladay name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 179
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 65
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fred R. Holladay

    Born 1924 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa; office clerk from Tulsa County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Park Grove Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Alfred Holladay

    Born 1943; from Coos Bay, Oregon. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Solmon Holladay

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Calabria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 18; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 265 records for Holladay in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Holladay name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elizabeth Holladay

    Married 1867 in Woods Mountain, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Gilbert Holladay

    Born 1869 in Kirk Hill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Holladay name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Mathew Holladay

    Left Launceston in 1848 aboard the Clarence, bound for Sydney, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Abraham Holladay

    Left Launceston in 1849 aboard the Shamrock, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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