When Ellen Kirkman was born on 20 October 1844, in Darcy Lever, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Kirkman, was 21 and her mother, Mary Haslam, was 20. She died on 18 January 1847, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Darcy Lever, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Lancashire): from Middle English kirkman ‘clergyman; churchwarden; lay official responsible for church finances’.
Americanized form of German Kirchmann , a cognate of 1 above, or of its North German cognate Kerkmann (see Kerkman ) and a very rare variant Kirkmann.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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