Posted on: Whiteside Co. Illinois Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Whiteside/10847 Surname: ------------------------- ONESS IS A NAME THAT COMES FROM THE NORTHWEST OF NORWAY. THE ORIGINAL NAME WAS AANES. THE MAN WHO BROUGHT THE NAME TO USA, WAS KNUT AANES. HE CHANGED THE NAME TO KNUTE ONESS. IT SOUNDED FAMILIAR, AND THE AMERICANS COULD PRONOUNCE IT. I AN ALSO ONE OF HIS RELATIVES.