At 06:05 AM 9/3/1999 -0400, Kjgcarp@aol.com wrote: >I understand that some Carpenters took on this surname because they didn't >have a surname and were required to adopt one and since that was their >profession they took this name as their surname. But are you saying that >there are other Carpenters who were always Carpenters and never had a point >in their history when they had to adopt a surname? It was said that ZIMMERMAN took on the Carpenter surname. > It is my understanding >that there was a time in history when no one had surnames but I could be >wrong. > This is correct. > If I am not wrong and there was a time when even those Carpenters had > And is it possible that those of us who are board banging, timber >tossing Carpenters could be related to Joseph the carpenter, married to Mary, >mother of Jesus? Well, Christians would have you believe that were all related to Adam and Eve... and there are genealogies out there to prove it. :) >When someone starts making comparisons and talking about chisel-type features >and brain over brawn, etc. etc., it just sounds slightly, a little, kinda, >sorta right out of Mein Kampf. But again I could be wrong and those >comparisons could be totally innocent and well intentioned. It is my opinion that they are but comparing Bruce to Hitler is quite interesting :) Chuck Please visit my web site "Chuck's Wood-Knots" at: http://www.evcom.net/~chuck2/index.html Carpenter Genealogy at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6712/index.html