When Myron Reginald Bonner was born on 26 August 1906, in Chesterfield, Union Township, Madison, Indiana, United States, his father, Isaac John Bonner, was 33 and his mother, Clarissa Estelle Fosnot, was 26. He lived in Richland Township, Madison, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Middletown, Fall Creek Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1930. He died on 8 May 1957, in Delaware, Indiana, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States.
English: from Middle English boner(e), bonour ‘gentle, courteous’ (Old French bonnaire, shortened from debonnaire). This surname is also common in Ireland where it was adopted for Ó Cnáimhsighe, see Bonar 2.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Ynyr ‘son of Ynyr’, a common medieval personal name derived from Latin Honorius with fused patronymic marker (a)p, normally voiced before a vowel.
German (also Bönner): from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Bonhard, formed with the element bon ‘request, petition’ (compare Latin bonus). This surname is also found in Sweden.
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