Brief Life History of Alexander
Alexander Thorn was born about 1798, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. He married Elizabeth Harrington on 4 July 1821, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Alexander Thorn, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Alexander Thorn, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Alexander Thorn, "Tennessee, Marriages, 1796-1950"
Spouse and Children
1798– Male
1785–1850 Female
World Events (3)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 2
1803
Age 5
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 37
Name Meaning
English and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or hedge (Old English, Old Norse thorn, Middle English thorn(e), torn(e)). The name is also found in Sweden.
English: habitational name from a place called with Old English, Old Norse thorn ‘thorn bush’ (see 1 above), for example Thorne in Kent, Somerset, and South Yorkshire.
North German and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, from Middle Low German torn ‘tower’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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