----- Original Message ----- From: "Peg Shelly" <dpshelly@worldnet.att.net> To: <palehigh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:12 AM Subject: [PALEHIGH] Proper name Tilghman > The proper name Tilghman was popular in the 1800's into the early 1900's > in Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton Counties of PA. I have 14 relatives in > my data base between 1830 and 1914 using this proper name. Does anyone > know the history behind this proper name being used in eastern > Pennsylvania? There is a Tilghman street in Allentown, PA. Was this a > surname first and then a proper name? > > Any help appreciated, thank you. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALEHIGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

No, but I have also seen it as Dillman. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jjsinatra " <jon@jjsinatracompany.com> To: <palehigh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [PALEHIGH] Proper name Tilghman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peg Shelly" <dpshelly@worldnet.att.net> > To: <palehigh@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:12 AM > Subject: [PALEHIGH] Proper name Tilghman > > >> The proper name Tilghman was popular in the 1800's into the early 1900's >> in Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton Counties of PA. I have 14 relatives in >> my data base between 1830 and 1914 using this proper name. Does anyone >> know the history behind this proper name being used in eastern >> Pennsylvania? There is a Tilghman street in Allentown, PA. Was this a >> surname first and then a proper name? >> >> Any help appreciated, thank you. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PALEHIGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PALEHIGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >