When William John Thomas Marshall was born on 20 August 1897, in Faversham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Elliott Marshall, was 27 and his mother, Emma Jane Sutton, was 24. He married Ellen Eliza Thornton on 26 August 1922, in Edmonton, Enfield, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and East Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 29 January 1979, in Bexhill, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
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English: usually an occupational name ‘farrier’, occasionally a status name ‘chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state’, from Middle English mareshal and Old French maresc(h)al. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek ). This name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. It is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Marschall .
Americanized form of French Mercier .
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