Brief Life History of Worlin Bruce
Worlin Bruce Bacon was born on 17 September 1845, in Huron, Erie, Ohio, United States. He married Elvira Tirzah Bradley on 23 December 1874, in Walton Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 19 May 1905, in Venice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Worlin B Bacon, "Michigan, County Marriages Index, 1820-1937"
- Worlin B. Bacon, "BillionGraves Index"
- Norlin B. Bacon in entry for Vera Bacon, "Michigan, Births, 1867-1902"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Los Angeles, California, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: from the Norman French personal name Bacun, derived from the ancient Germanic name Bac(c)o, Bahho, based on the element bag ‘(to) fight, (to) dispute’. The name was relatively common among the Normans in the form Bacus, of which the oblique case was Bacon.
English and French: from Middle English, Old French bacun, bacon ‘bacon’ (a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to Back 3), probably a metonymic occupational name for a preparer and seller of cured pork.
History: Gilles Bacon from Normandy, France, is documented in Quebec City, QC, in 1647. — Michael Bacon from England arrived in Dedham, MA, in 1640. Nathanial Bacon, from Stratton, Cornwall, arrived in Barnstaple, MA, in 1639. Another Nathaniel Bacon (1647–76), from Friston Hall, Suffolk, emigrated to VA and settled at Curl's Neck on the James river.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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