When Elizabeth Buck was born on 15 October 1795, in Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Daniel Buck, was 21 and her mother, Mary Hill, was 25. She married John Corson about 1814, in Shrewsbury Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Shrewsbury Township, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Marengo, McHenry, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 22 January 1882, in McHenry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Riley Cemetery, Township of Riley, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
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English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).
German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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