The holmer Surname
holmer Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from Holmer in Buckinghamshire and Herefordshire, both named with Old English hol ‘hollow’ + mere ‘pool’.
- English: topographic name for someone who lived either on a piece of slightly raised land lying in a fen or partly surrounded by streams or where holly grew, from a derivative of Middle English holm (see Holm 1 and 2).
- Swedish, Danish, and North German (Schleswig-Holstein): topographic name for someone who lived on an island (see Holm).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Rev. Andrew John (A.J.) Freeman and his daughter, Esther |
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| Holmers of Illinois | Judy Easley | 5 |
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| Ardelia C. Holmer (Mrs.) death in Bridgeport, Connecticut - 1887 | Barbara | 3 |
| Thomas Francis Holmer |
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| Obit. HOLMER, ROBERT NELS |
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| HOLMER could be spelled HILMER or HILLMER in Germany |
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| Joseph Holmer | Cara Roberts | 3 |
| Holmer family from Norway and England |
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| Edward E. Miller from KY | Sandy Reaper Barnett | 0 |
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