When Alfred Joseph May was born in January 1881, in Chieveley, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James May, was 28 and his mother, Phoebe Piper, was 22. He married Ethel Beatrice Collyer in 1909, in Hampstead, Camden, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Harrow, Middlesex, England in 1921 and Harrow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1939.
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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’.
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