When Mercy Ann Virgin was born on 20 December 1861, in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Thompson Virgin, was 30 and her mother, Mary Ann Barker, was 30. She died on 6 October 1862, in Utah, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: status name from Middle English virgin(e), virgen ‘young, unmarried woman’ (Old French virgin(e), virgene), all variants of virge from Latin virgo. See Virgo .
Swedish: probably a cognate of German name in 3 below. However, at least in one case this is, according to family tradition, a habitational name derived from the name of the village Verchen in northern Germany.
German: variant of Vergin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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