Good afternoon Listers, from beautiful sunny San Diego - (So why am I sitting inside at my computer???) I would like to know the origination of my family name RICKARD. I know it's VERY Cornish, as I never knew anybody ourside our family with that name while growing up here in California unless they were of Cornish descent and a relative. When I was in Cornwall in 2002 and 2004, I saw lots of RICKARDs listed here and there. I had a heated discussion recently with a lady with German background who insisted hotly that RICKARD is a German name. I think not. I have found several generations of my family documented in the Camborne and Illogan areas of Cornwall with no German first names or any indication of a German heritage. Can anybody shed some light on this? Does the word RICKARD mean anything in Cornish? Thanks for your input! Jan RICKARD Davis

 Jan -  According to http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Rickard : "Recorded in the spellings of Rickard and Rickards, this is an Anglo-Scottish surname, but of Germanic origins. It derives from the famous pre 7th century personal name "Richard", meaning "powerful ruler", from the elements "ric", meaning power, and "hard", brave and strong. " Kitty, in sunny Placerville   --- On Sat, 5/19/12, Jan Davis <jandavis3@cox.net> wrote: From: Jan Davis <jandavis3@cox.net> Subject: [CORNISH] RICKARD name origin? To: cornish@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 1:04 PM Good afternoon Listers, from beautiful sunny San Diego - (So why am I sitting inside at my computer???) I would like to know the origination of my family name RICKARD. I know it's VERY Cornish, as I never knew anybody ourside our family with that name while growing up here in California unless they were of Cornish descent and a relative. When I was in Cornwall in 2002 and 2004, I saw lots of RICKARDs listed here and there. I had a heated discussion recently with a lady with German background who insisted hotly that RICKARD is a German name. I think not. I have found several generations of my family documented in the Camborne and Illogan areas of Cornwall with no German first names or any indication of a German heritage. Can anybody shed some light on this? Does the word RICKARD mean anything in Cornish? Thanks for your input! Jan RICKARD Davis ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jan, Quite early on there was a sizable influx of Germans into Cornwall. They were for the most part involved in mine engineering. However this doesn't mean your RICKARDs were German, just a possibility. Jim On 5/19/2012 4:04 PM, Jan Davis wrote: > Good afternoon Listers, from beautiful sunny San Diego - > (So why am I sitting inside at my computer???) > I would like to know the origination of my family name RICKARD. I know it's VERY Cornish, as I never knew anybody ourside our family with that name while growing up here in California unless they were of Cornish descent and a relative. When I was in Cornwall in 2002 and 2004, I saw lots of RICKARDs listed here and there. > I had a heated discussion recently with a lady with German background who insisted hotly that RICKARD is a German name. I think not. I have found several generations of my family documented in the Camborne and Illogan areas of Cornwall with no German first names or any indication of a German heritage. > Can anybody shed some light on this? Does the word RICKARD mean anything in Cornish? > Thanks for your input! > Jan RICKARD Davis > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >