When Cain was born on 28 May 1914, in Chelsea, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, James Aaron Cain, was 39 and his mother, Bessie Laura Collins, was 32. He died on 11 June 1914, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
Manx: from Gaelic Mac Catháin ‘son of Cathan’, see Kane . The personal name literally meant ‘warrior’, a derivative of Manx cah ‘battle’ (Irish cath).
English: variant of Cane .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the city of Caen in Calvados, France.
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