When Emerelis Pound was born on 8 March 1849, in Vigo, Indiana, United States, her father, David Pound, was 48 and her mother, Massie Sparks, was 41. She died on 4 October 1849, at the age of 0.
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English: topographic or occupational name from Middle English pound(e) ‘enclosure for distrained or stray livestock’, signifying one who lived at or worked at a pound.
English: nickname from Middle English pound(e), powund ‘measure of weight; monetary unit’, perhaps used for a maker of weights.
Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German Pfund or the North German cognate Pund .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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