Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Thurston was born in 1829, in Sheffield, Bureau, Illinois, United States, her father, Flavel Thurston, was 36 and her mother, Elenor Mercer, was 29. She married Stephen Young in 1853. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Bureau, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died in 1866, at the age of 37.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Rebecca Thurston in household of Flavel Thurston, "United States Census, 1850"
- Eleanor Thurston in entry for Mary Young Allen, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Spouse and Children
1825–1861 Male
1829–1866 Female
Children (1)
1854– Female
Parents and Siblings
1793–1852 Male
1800–1884 Female
Siblings (8)
1820–1880 Female
1824– Male
1825–1901 Female
1829–1866 Female
1831–1894 Male
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 1
1837
Age 8
1846
Age 17
Name Meaning
English (mainly East Anglia):
from the Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Scandinavian, and Middle English personal name Thurstan, Thorsten (Old Norse Thórsteinn, Thorsten, Anglicized as Old English Thurstān; see Thorstensen ).
habitational name from Thurston in Suffolk, so called from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Thóri (see Thor ) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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