Etienne, Tuckwiller is in Southern WV. Monroe Co, WV . It's a area with high German pioneers settling during 1770-1800 . It is part of the Great Valley of Virginia where PA "Dutch" moved South. Thanks. -eddie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Etienne Herrbach" <etienne.herrbach@wanadoo.fr> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 3:52 AM Subject: Re: [A-L] ... Bischwiller Hello, yes, -WILLER is a common suffix in the name of Alsatian localities, and elsewhere. Sometimes it evolved into -WIHR (Gueberschwihr, former Geberschweier) ou -VILLE' (Ribeauvillé, former Rappoltsweiler). It is derived from the Latin "villa" = farm, estate. Usually, but not always, it follows a man's name : e.g. Rappoltsweiler <= the domain of Rappolt. BTW where is Tuckwiller? Etienne Le 1 nov. 08 à 05:35, alsace-lorraine-request@rootsweb.com a écrit : > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:39:19 -0400 > From: "Eddie Howard" <swvaroot@pemtel.net> > > Here and in my records and on the A-L maps I see a lot of names > with -willer suffix. > Does the word have any special meaning?? I have a neighbor > Tuckwiller. > > -eddie -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Are you sure about a community named Tuckwiller existing in Monroe County, in southern West Virginia?  Having lived in West Virginia for almost 40 years, I had not heard of it.  Moreover, on official web sites for Monroe County, I could find no incorporated or unincorporated community called "Tuckwiller."   However, the name "Tuckwiller" is not unheard of in the state.  A prize-winning reporter and writer for The Charleston Gazette is named Tara Tuckwiller.  But I would say the name is far from common, appearing most often in the capital city of Charleston and in Lewisburg, which is in Greenbrier County, site of the upscale Greenbrier Resort.  --- On Sun, 11/2/08, Eddie Howard <swvaroot@pemtel.net> wrote: From: Eddie Howard <swvaroot@pemtel.net> Subject: Re: [A-L] ... Bischwiller To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008, 6:38 AM Etienne, Tuckwiller is in Southern WV. Monroe Co, WV . It's a area with high German pioneers settling during 1770-1800 . It is part of the Great Valley of Virginia where PA "Dutch" moved South. Thanks. -eddie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Etienne Herrbach" <etienne.herrbach@wanadoo.fr> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 3:52 AM Subject: Re: [A-L] ... Bischwiller Hello, yes, -WILLER is a common suffix in the name of Alsatian localities, and elsewhere. Sometimes it evolved into -WIHR (Gueberschwihr, former Geberschweier) ou -VILLE' (Ribeauvillé, former Rappoltsweiler). It is derived from the Latin "villa" = farm, estate. Usually, but not always, it follows a man's name : e.g. Rappoltsweiler <= the domain of Rappolt. BTW where is Tuckwiller? Etienne Le 1 nov. 08 à 05:35, alsace-lorraine-request@rootsweb.com a écrit : > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:39:19 -0400 > From: "Eddie Howard" <swvaroot@pemtel.net> > > Here and in my records and on the A-L maps I see a lot of names > with -willer suffix. > Does the word have any special meaning?? I have a neighbor > Tuckwiller. > > -eddie -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message