When Frances M. Burden was born on 8 March 1859, in Alabama, United States, her father, James Monroe Burden, was 32 and her mother, Lucinda Norton, was 34. She married Thomas J. Lovvorn in 1878, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pine Hill, Randolph, Alabama, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 14 Pine Hill, Randolph, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 16 June 1946, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Harmony Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Newell, Randolph, Alabama, United States.
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(southern England, of Norman origin): from a diminutive of the ancient Germanic personal name Burdo, for which compare Burdett . Burdonus and other derivatives of the Gaulish personal name Burdo (‘mule’) are found in France, where it is rare and the similar French surname may derive instead from Old French bourdon in the sense ‘pilgrim's staff’ (compare Bourdon 1). The personal name, whether of ancient Germanic or Gaulish origin, does occur in medieval England, but rarely.
habitational name from any of various places called Burdon or Burden. Burden in Yorkshire and Great Burdon in County Durham are named with Old English burh ‘stronghold, fortified place’ + dūn ‘hill’; Burdon in Tyne and Wear is named with Old English b̄re ‘byre’ + denu ‘valley’.
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