Alexander Thomas Herron

Brief Life History of Alexander Thomas

When Alexander Thomas Herron was born in 1887, in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Herron, was 29 and his mother, Lucy Long Brocher, was 33. He married Agnes Ellen Manderson on 27 August 1914. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States in 1930. He died on 3 December 1982, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 95.

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Alexander Thomas Herron
1887–1982
Agnes Ellen Manderson
1887–1974
Marriage: 27 August 1914
Barbara Gertrude Herron
1916–1963
Bernice Evelyn Herron
1917–1983
Robert Chester Herron
1919–1975

Sources (13)

  • Alexander Herron, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Alexander T Herron, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Alexander Thomas Herron, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Harome (North Yorkshire), from Old English (æt thǣm) hārum ‘at the (gray) stones’, dative plural of hār ‘gray, stone’.

English and Scottish: nickname probably for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Old French hairon ‘heron’, Anglo-Norman French heron, Middle English heiroun, heyron, herne, heron. Compare Hearn and Heron .

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from (Le) Héron in France (Seine-Maritime).

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

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