Mildred Lulu Lyon

Brief Life History of Mildred Lulu

When Mildred Lulu Lyon was born on 17 January 1894, in Newton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Ross Wilson Lyon, was 24 and her mother, Sylvia A. Maud Edney, was 18. She married Howard Fremont Quimby on 1 June 1917, in Newton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in South Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1900. She died on 17 August 1943, in Newton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

Howard Fremont Quimby
1895–1960
Mildred Lulu Lyon
1894–1943
Marriage: 1 June 1917
Howard Fremont Quimby, Jr.
1921–1976
Marion F Quimby
1923–
Ronald Lyon Quimby
1925–2010
Sylvia Quimby
1927–1992

Sources (12)

  • Mildred L Quimby in household of Howard F Quimby, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mildred Lulu Lyons, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Mildred L. Lyon, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

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Name Meaning

Scottish, English, and French: from the personal name Middle English Lyon, Old French Leon (from Latin leo ‘lion’, or the cognate Greek leōn; see Leon ). Compare Lyall .

Scottish and English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lyons-la-Forêt in Eure, Normandy. It is unlikely to be from the better-known southern French city of Lyon (see 5 below).

English and French: nickname from Middle English lioun ‘lion’ (Old English, Latin leo), Old French leon, perhaps applied to a brave, fierce, or proud person, or one with a shaggy mane of hair. Compare Lion .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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