Brief Life History of Martha
Martha Thurman was born in 1815, in Kentucky, United States. She married George Washington Roseberry about 1837, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Shoal Creek Township, Newton, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died in 1903, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 88.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Martha Roseberry in household of George Roseberry, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1816–1860 Male
1815–1903 Female
Children (8)
1840– Female
1842–1899 Male
1842–1930 Male
1847–1907 Male
1850– Male
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1818 · Jackson Purchase
Age 3
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 4
1838
Age 23
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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