When Laura Virginia Bickham was born on 21 March 1853, in Washington, Louisiana, United States, her father, Sanderlin Walker Bickham, was 42 and her mother, Louisa Anna Brumfield, was 33. She had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Frank Marion Brown. She lived in Ward Two, Washington, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years and Franklinton, Washington, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 April 1941, in Washington, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Bickham Cemetery, Richardson, Washington, Louisiana, United States.
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English: habitational name from Bickham in Timberscombe (Somerset), which is most probably named with an Old English personal name Bicca + Old English cumb ‘valley’. The first element could alternatively be from bica ‘pointed ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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