Great Great Grandfather, Thomas Burton had a sister named Cecilia (also my maternal grandmother's middle name). The history of that name is also very interesting.
CECILIA Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish
Pronounced: se-SEE-lee-a (English), se-SEEL-ya (English), che-CHEE-lyah (Italian), se-SEE-lyah (Spanish), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish) [key] Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus "blind". According to legend, Saint Cecilia was a 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, they chopped her head off. She is the patron saint of music and musicians.
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