When Leura Irvin was born from 1862 to 1864, in Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States, her father, Milton Virgil Irvin, was 47 and her mother, Mary Jane Mildred McCracken, was 39. She lived in Alabama, United States in 1870 and Election Precinct 1 Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 10 February 1931, in Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States, and was buried in United States.
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Scottish: variant of Irvine .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEireamhóin ‘descendant of Eireamhón’, a personal name attested as a figure of legend (an early settler of Ireland). There has also been some confusion with Irvine .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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