When Mary Broadbent was born on 8 March 1913, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, her father, David Albert Broadbent, was 41 and her mother, Mima Melissa Murdock, was 33. She married Martin Cornelius Ostvig on 17 July 1939, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Orono Township, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1940 and World for about 10 years. She died on 11 April 1976, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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English (northern): habitational name from a minor place in Lancashire, near Oldham, named Broadbent, from Old English brād ‘broad’ (see Broad ) + beonet ‘bent grass’.
English: occasionally a variant of B roadbelt, from Middle English brod, brad ‘wide, broad’ + belt ‘belt, girdle’, used for a stout man, i.e. someone who wore a ‘broad belt’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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