When Russell Hayes Arkell was born on 22 October 1943, in South Weymouth, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Edward Arkell, was 39 and his mother, Alice Marion Bowles, was 35. He lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1972 and Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1997. He died on 8 January 1978, in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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from the Middle English personal name Arkill, Arketil, derived from a Scandinavian personal name: Old Norse Arnkell, Old Danish Arnketil, Old Swedish Arkil.
alternatively, as a post-medieval name in Gloucestershire and Shropshire, this may be a habitational name, either from Yarkhill in Herefordshire or from High Ercall or Child's Ercall in Shropshire, (pronounced Arcall).
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
This tidbit was contributed by Andrew Wayne, a friend of Russell when he was young. He emailed me (Ben Arkell) when I was trying to find some more information about Russell. "I first met Russ at litt …
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