When Lorenzo Dow Hickey was born on 15 February 1817, in Phelps, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States, his father, James Hickey, was 27 and his mother, Rhoda Thompson, was 23. He married Ann Davis on 9 December 1841. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Manchester, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 25 April 1897, in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States.
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Irish (Tipperary): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÍceadh ‘descendant of Ícidhe’, a common byname meaning ‘doctor, healer’.
English: from a diminutive of Middle English Hick, a pet form of Ricard (see Richard and Hick ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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