When Benjamin Coy Kirby was born on 25 September 1814, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Robert Stephen Kirby, was 44 and his mother, Kesiah McCoy, was 41. He married Elizabeth Mineva McDaniel about 1853, in Greenville, Wayne, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ripley, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 5, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 11 June 1862, in Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Rowlett, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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