Brief Life History of Lucinda
When Lucinda Thorn was born in 1818, in Greene, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Thorn, was 36 and her mother, Susan, was 34. She married Alfred Anderson on 15 January 1854, in Wood, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 6 September 1855, in Wood, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 37.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Lucinda Thorn, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Lucinda Thorn Anderson, "West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932"
- Lucinda Anderson in entry for Elizabeth Nancy Anderson, "West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932"
Spouse and Children
1825–1907 Male
1818–1855 Female
Children (1)
1855–1855 Female
Parents and Siblings
1782–1850 Male
1785– Female
Siblings (2)
1816–1884 Female
1818–1855 Female
World Events (5)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 1
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 2
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 12
Name Meaning
English and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or hedge (Old English, Old Norse thorn, Middle English thorn(e), torn(e)). The name is also found in Sweden.
English: habitational name from a place called with Old English, Old Norse thorn ‘thorn bush’ (see 1 above), for example Thorne in Kent, Somerset, and South Yorkshire.
North German and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, from Middle Low German torn ‘tower’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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