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ArchivesA couple of educated guesses . . .
in reply to a message by Mark C.
Biron could be a French variation of Byron (click link).
Burges could be related to the English surname Burgess (which also appears as Burges). Info on Burgess, from www.etymonline.com:
"Burgess c.1225, burgeis "citizen of a borough," from O.Fr. burgeis, L.L. burgensis (see bourgeois). Applied from 1472 to borough representatives in Parliament and in Va. and other colonies used to denote members of the legislative body, while in Pa., etc., it meant "member of the governing council of a borough.""
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Burges could be related to the English surname Burgess (which also appears as Burges). Info on Burgess, from www.etymonline.com:
"Burgess c.1225, burgeis "citizen of a borough," from O.Fr. burgeis, L.L. burgensis (see bourgeois). Applied from 1472 to borough representatives in Parliament and in Va. and other colonies used to denote members of the legislative body, while in Pa., etc., it meant "member of the governing council of a borough.""
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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