Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Bain was born on 15 April 1886, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Alexander Bain, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Meikle, was 27. She married Eugene Martin Dickey on 20 December 1909, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 30 December 1976, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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- Elizabeth Dickey in household of Eugene M Dickey, "United States Census, 1930"
- Elizabeth Bain, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Elizabeth Bain Dickey, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
Scottish, Manx, and Irish: nickname for a fair-haired man, from Gaelic bàn, Irish bán ‘white, fair’. This surname is common in the Highlands, first recorded in Perth in 1324. It is also found as a shortened form of McBain , from Mac B(h)eathain. As a Manx name (spelled Bane) this may be a shortened form of Manx Macguilley Vane, equivalent to Irish Mac Giolla Bháin ‘son of the fair youth’. Compare Irish Kilbane .
English (northern) and Scottish: nickname for a hospitable person, from northern Middle English beyn, bayn ‘welcoming, friendly’ (Old Norse beinn ‘straight, direct’).
English (northern) and Scottish: nickname from northern Middle English bān, bain ‘bone, leg’ (Old English bān, Old Norse bein), perhaps denoting someone with a gammy leg. In northern Middle English -ā- was preserved, whereas in southern dialects (which later became standard), it was changed to -ō-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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