Thank you Howard. I appreciate the comment. Since Booker was a black slave and the son of a black slave it is likely he was given the surname of the slave owner. John -----Original Message----- From: gen-trivia-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-trivia-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Howard Fuller Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 2:30 AM To: gen-trivia-eng@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TRIVVIES] Booker Taliaferro Washington That's an interesting name 'Taliaferro'. It's Italian and should be 'Tagliaferro'. It means 'a cutter of iron' or 'strong mans'. It also comes in French as 'Taillefer'. And in English it can be found as 'Telfer' and 'Telford'. (Thomas Telford was a Scottish engineer, famous for his canals and bridges.) Howard John Donaldson wrote: > The person I have chosen to write about is Booker Taliaferro Washington. <snip> "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message