When Martin S Lane was born on 22 May 1812, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Cyrus Lane, was 27 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Slocum, was 25. He married Lurana Matteson on 7 March 1838, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 5 April 1873, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Shaftsbury Center, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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