Brief Life History of Day
When Day was born on 27 August 1826, in Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United States, her father, David Day III, was 25 and her mother, Zilpha Griffin, was 25. She died on 27 August 1826, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Essex, Chittenden, Vermont, United States.
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- Infant Daughter Day, "Find A Grave Index"
- Day, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English day(e), dey(e) ‘dairyman or dairymaid’. Originally used only of women, it was later used of men with the sense ‘man in charge of the dairy cattle’. This is probably the most common source of the surname.
English: from the Middle English personal name Day(e) or Dey. In western England this is probably a pet form of David , but in northern England and perhaps elsewhere also it is a late Middle English variant of Daw, a pet form of Ralph (see Daw , Dakin ).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O'Dea ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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