Brief Life History of Edna Mary
When Edna Mary Buck was born on 27 August 1889, in Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States, her father, Thomas J Buck, was 31 and her mother, Ida Adelia Cross, was 23. She married Roy Nelson Pixler on 18 August 1909, in Putnam, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Appanoose, Iowa, United States in 1925 and East Chicago, North Township, Lake, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 January 1969, in Albia, Monroe, Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Hammond, Lake, Indiana, United States.
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- Mary E Pixler, "United States Census, 1950"
- Mary Binck Binck, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Edna Buck, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).
German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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