When Charles Churchill was born in 1847, in Mentor Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel D Churchill, was 20 and his mother, Serena L McCumber, was 18.
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1827–1912 Male
1829–1914 Female
1847– Male
1849–1938 Male
1857– Male
1862–1952 Female
English (Dorset and Somerset): habitational name from any of various places called Churchill, for example in Devon, Oxfordshire, Somerset, and Worcestershire. Most were probably originally named with a Celtic element crūg ‘hill’ (which early on was reinterpreted as Old English cyrice ‘church’), to which was added Old English hyll ‘hill’. Alternatively, a topographic name denoting someone who lived ‘(on the) church hill’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Finnish Kirkkomäki: ornamental or topographic name from kirkko ‘church’ + mäki ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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