Richard Bond wrote: June 18, 2003 > Well we still do not know what they started with for Turobunsingh. The > Indians I have asked so far do not recognize Turobun. The above was just > a guess. > > In looking at the garbling of British and Danish virgin Islands > surnames in Puerto Rican civil records I got the impression that some of > the results might have been influenced by the absence of teeth. > > An example of an attached honorary prefix can be found in Seepersad > which I think is taken from Sri Prasad. *********** My Reply: Turobunsingh is probably from Tooru + Boon-sing. You might want to ask your Indian friends about this and get back to me. I have my suspicions on this name. I would like to see if they can confirm my suspicions. I think you may also be quite right on Seepersaud from Sri + Prasad. I have long thought the same. One name I also checked out with Indians - which they could not elucidate - was a name I found apparently spelt Gaiina. If you think you or any-one on the list can figure it out let me know. Thanks.