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.
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 .
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