Thomas Starr

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Starr was born on 20 March 1883, in Myrtle, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, his father, Lorenzo Dow Starr, was 37 and his mother, Mazourie M. "Zue" Murphy, was 31. He married Ada Belle Spence in 1921, in Mingo, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hardee District, Mingo, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Mingo, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 18 December 1953, in Belo, Mingo, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Belo, Mingo, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Starr
1883–1953
Ada Belle Spence
1900–1942
Marriage: 1921
James Edward Starr
1914–1978
Frank Starr
1917–1986
Ida Hazel Starr
1919–1997
Melda Ethel Starr
1920–1954
Lydia Starr
1922–1992
Starr
1923–
Bert Ran Starr
1924–1995
Thomas Starr
1925–1991

Sources (15)

  • Thomas Starr, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Thomas Starr, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • Thomas Starr, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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Name Meaning

English: from Middle English sterre ‘star’ (Old English steorra), used, like the Old Norse Stjarna, as a nickname, but also occasionally as a personal name. The word was also used in a transferred sense of a patch of white hair on the forehead of a horse, and so perhaps the nickname denoted someone with a streak of white hair. This surname has been established in Ireland since the 17th century.

English: in addition, the name may occasionally also have been topographic or habitational, referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a star (see 2 above). Surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in English.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Star 1 and 3.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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