When Cora A. Preston was born on 3 February 1864, in Lima, Lima, Livingston, New York, United States, her father, Alonzo Chester Preston, was 29 and her mother, Amanda Abigail Newman, was 29. She died on 25 June 1869, in Hinton Township, Mecosta, Michigan, United States, at the age of 5.
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1834–1921 Male
1834–1899 Female
1855–1935 Female
1857– Female
1858–1869 Female
1861–1926 Female
1864–1869 Female
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English:
habitational name from one of the many places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
occasionally from Middle English prest + son ‘son of the priest’. Priests were forbidden marriage but many produced illegitimate offspring.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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