When John Gore or Goore was born about 1817, in Church Lench, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Gore or Goore, was 31 and his mother, Hannah Greaves, was 23. He died on 27 December 1818, in his hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Pershore, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: from Middle English gor(e), gar(e) ‘triangular piece of land’ (Old English gāra, a derivative of gār ‘spear’, with reference to the triangular shape of a spearhead), a topographic name for someone living by a triangular field, or a habitational name from any of various places, for example Gore Court in Tunstall (Kent) and Gore Farm in Hannington (Wiltshire), named from this word.
French: from Old French gore ‘sow’ (a word of allegedly imitative origin, reflecting the grunting of the animal), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd or as an unflattering nickname.
French: probably also from a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Grégoire (see Gregory ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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