When John Todd was born on 20 June 1847, in Dudley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Alexander Todd, was 28 and his mother, Janet McMillan, was 31. He lived in Dudley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died in 1854, at the age of 7.
English (mainly northern) and Scottish: nickname for someone thought to resemble a fox, for example in cunning or slyness, or perhaps more obviously in having red hair, from northern Middle English tod(de) ‘fox’. Compare Todhunter , Todman . This name was brought to Ulster, Ireland, from Scotland in the 17th century.
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