Robert Thurman

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Thurman was born about 1771, in Prince Edward, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Nathan Richard Thurman Sr., was 29 and his mother, Rebecca Fanny Jennings, was 29. He married Margaret Doshea Robins on 27 October 1794, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 27 March 1845, in Highland, Highland, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Highland, Highland, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Thurman
1771–1845
Margaret Doshea Robins
1772–1841
Marriage: 27 October 1794
Polly Thurman
1790–1841
Lynch Thurman
1795–
John Giles Thurman
1798–1862
George Washington Thurman
1800–1871
Felix Thurman Sr.
1800–1862
Matilda Thurman
1804–

Sources (4)

  • Robert Thurman, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Robert Thurman, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
  • Robert Thurman, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

English (Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire): from the Middle English personal name T(h)urmund, Old Norse Thórmundr, composed of the elements Thórr, the name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor ) + mundr ‘protection’. This personal name in was rare and Thurman may also have derived from the commoner Middle English personal name T(h)urmod, T(h)urmot by assimilation of the second theme -mod, -mot to the element -mund, which is found in several other compound personal names.

Americanized form of German Thurmann: habitational name for someone from a place called Thur (see Thur ).

Americanized form of German Thurmann: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle Low German torn(e)man (torn(e) ‘tower’) or Middle High German turn, turm ‘tower’ + man ‘man’. Compare Turman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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