Hi List Any ideas as to the history of the name Chaplin and its Huguenot origins etc. My wife's Grandaddy was a Chaplin and was born in Ireland. She thinks he was of Hug. derivation.....
Hi, Try in Google to search for Chaplin: Mary Ann Chaplin (1844-1922) was of Huguenot descent. She wrote her first published poetry when only 11 years old, and continued throughout her life While Chaplin may have been read as Jewish by Jewish audiences, according to David Robinson's 1985 biography, Chaplin was not Jewish, but of Huguenot Breillat, Thomas Chaplin (1804-1873) Biographical Entry. According to family tradition his ancestors were Huguenot refugees who had been ... So a lot of people claim CHAPLIN to be of huguenot origin! Look at FamilySearch: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ancestorsearchresults.asp to se some Chaplins from Ireland. Greetings Hanne Thorup Koudal
Hi Kevin Chaplin is one of those names of French origin - probably - that keeps coming up in Huguenot research. There are only 13 references to the name in any of the Hug Soc of GB's Quarto Series publications or other material that I have and very few in the French records. I would have expected more, though there may be derivations and I'm sure I've seen an article about Charlie Chaplin's supposed Huguenot ancestors. Regards Tony Fuller
Hi Tony Many thanks for this. Rgds Kevin fuller.tony wrote: >Hi Kevin > >Chaplin is one of those names of French origin - probably - that keeps >coming up in Huguenot research. There are only 13 references to the name in >any of the Hug Soc of GB's Quarto Series publications or other material that >I have and very few in the French records. > >I would have expected more, though there may be derivations and I'm sure >I've seen an article about Charlie Chaplin's supposed Huguenot ancestors. > >Regards > >Tony Fuller > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >