When Nona Bell May was born on 9 June 1889, in Bell, Texas, United States, her father, James Albert May, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Ann Morrow, was 18. She married Richard Parker on 10 October 1905, in Tarrant, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura, California, United States in 1950. She died on 10 February 1983, in Ventura, Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Ventura, California, United States.
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English: from the Middle English male personal name May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew ).
English, Dutch, and German: from a personal name or nickname taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then. In England, this name was possibly also a pet form of Mary or Margaret. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Denmark.
English: nickname from Middle English mey, may ‘kinsman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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