When Norman Merollis was born in 1926, in Michigan, United States, his father, Dominick Murelli, was 27 and his mother, Luci Trubiano, was 23. He lived in Roseville, Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1930 and East Detroit, Macomb, Michigan, United States for about 5 years. He died on 14 May 2011, in Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Clinton Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States.
Of Germanic origin, from nord ‘north’ + man ‘man’, i.e. ‘Norseman’. This name was in use in England before the Conquest, and was reinforced by its use among the Norman invaders themselves. The Normans were the inhabitants of Normandy in northern France, whose name is a reference to the Vikings who took control of the region in the 9th century. In the 11th and 12th centuries they achieved remarkable conquests, including not only Britain but also Sicily, southern Italy, and Antioch. In the Scottish Highlands it is used as the Anglicized equivalent of Tormod .
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