'Carriage' is a latin root word, from old French. Carrosier (sp) would be a carriage or auto body maker. The word is borrowed, for, for instance, the Karman outfit that made and may still make Porsches and VWs. (Karman-Ghia). That doesn't mean the name couldn't have crept into Hesse and come over in the Revolution, but I would start by guessing it was a French or English name. Of course, perhaps you don't have a straight male line all the way back to Hesse. Then anything is possible. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MC" <mgiffen@earthlink.net> To: <ALLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 10:50 PM Subject: [ALLIMEST] Carriger > Posted on: Limestone County Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Al/Limestone/10547 > > Surname: > ------------------------- > > What is Limestone County? My maiden name is Carriger. My grandfather, Wesley > C. Carriger, was born in Tennessee I believe around 1880, lived near Kerrville, > Texas long enough to marry my grandmother, then lived in the Coachella > Valley in California. I know little more about his family, as I believe > his father died when he was young and his mother remarried a Reverend Waterhouse. > I think he had a brother named Charles Wesley. My mother thinks the Carrigers > owned a railroad in Tennessee, and I suspect they may have been slave owners > because I have run into several African-American Carrigers. I would like > to know where the surname Carriger originated. My father told me it was > a corruption of a German word meaning Coach maker, and that his family > believed they were descendants of Hessian mercenaries who fought for England > during the Revolutionary War, then remained in this country, possibly after > changing allegiances. > > > ==== ALLIMEST Mailing List ==== > To post your queries to the list send them to ALLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com. > To contact the listowner send a message to ALLIMEST-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >