When Marjorie C Boughn was born on 24 April 1892, in Belden, Cedar, Nebraska, United States, her father, John Higner Boughn, was 21 and her mother, Lenna May Bruner, was 18. She died on 6 October 1892, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Belden, Cedar, Nebraska, United States.
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Welsh and English (Norfolk): probably also a variant of Baughan , which is itself the base-form from which Vaughan originates.
English (Norfolk): apparently a variant of Bowgen, a nickname from Old French bouzon, bougon ‘large arrow, crossbow bolt (as a heraldic device)’, perhaps used metaphorically of a person who bore some physical resemblance to a bolt. Compare Busson 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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