When John William Thurman was born in May 1852, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, his father, John Thurman, was 34 and his mother, Polly Hendricks, was 30. He married Angeline Dawson on 1 February 1871, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States for about 13 years and Seneca District, Campbell, Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 21 March 1929, in Gladys, Campbell, Virginia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Gladys, Campbell, Virginia, United States.
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English (Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire): from the Middle English personal name T(h)urmund, Old Norse Thórmundr, composed of the elements Thórr, the name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor ) + mundr ‘protection’. This personal name in was rare and Thurman may also have derived from the commoner Middle English personal name T(h)urmod, T(h)urmot by assimilation of the second theme -mod, -mot to the element -mund, which is found in several other compound personal names.
Americanized form of German Thurmann: habitational name for someone from a place called Thur (see Thur ).
Americanized form of German Thurmann: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle Low German torn(e)man (torn(e) ‘tower’) or Middle High German turn, turm ‘tower’ + man ‘man’. Compare Turman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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