When Lemuel Devine was born on 13 February 1824, in Boxville, Union, Kentucky, United States, his father, Andrew Devine, was 22 and his mother, Susan Stovall, was 19. He married Martha Jane Meredith on 21 July 1846, in Allen, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 3 Raleigh, Allen, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. He died on 25 December 1905, in Allen, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Halifax, Allen, Kentucky, United States.
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Irish: shortened Anglicized form of either of two Gaelic names, Ó Duibhín ‘descendant of Duibhín’, a byname meaning ‘little black one’, or Ó Daimhín ‘descendant of Daimhín’, a byname meaning ‘little stag, little ox’. These are attenuated versions of Ó Dubháin and Ó Damháin, and are the phonetic origin of Anglicized forms with an internal v (as opposed to w, as in Dewan , or monosyllabic forms with an o or u) (see Doane ). Compare Devin 1.
English, Irish, and French: variant of Devin 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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