William Doran was born in 1815, in Hampshire, Virginia, United States. He married Hannah Loy in 1840, in Hampshire, Virginia, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish James Patrick, Kieran, Pegeen, Brendan, Caitlin, Dymphna, Dympna, Lorcan, Roisin, Siobhan.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deoradháin ‘descendant of Deoradhán’, a byname representing a diminutive of deoradh ‘pilgrim, stranger, exile’.
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