When Dougald Mohr was born in 1642, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, William Muir, was 27 and his mother, Janit Shew, was 28. He married Helen Campbell about 1669, in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died in 1673, in his hometown, at the age of 31.
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North German: topographic name for someone who lived in a fen, Middle Low German mōr.
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and Dutch (of German origin): nickname for a man of swarthy complexion, from Middle High German mōr, German Mohr, and Middle Dutch moor ‘Moor’.
German: from a short form of an old personal name, Morhart (see Morath ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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