Does Freehouse make any sense to you for DOMILIVRE? It does sound French. I'm only guessing. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: Dona Baker Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 1:40 PM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] DOMILIVER - Ireland Hello: I am new to the list and am hoping that someone can help me out with my g-g-g-grandmother's maiden name of DOMILIVER. My ancestor immigrated to Canada from Ireland about 1835 and ended up in Ontario. I have been able to find reference to her name on a marriage index for her son's marriage about 1865. There her name is spelled DOMILIVRE. Not sure which is the correct spelling. All I know is that I have contacted a professor in Ireland (sorry can't remember which university) who is a surname researcher and he had never heard of this name in Ireland. In fact couldn't even pin-point its possible origins. The professor's wife who is also a surname researcher thought it looked Spanish but said that she had never heard of this name from Spain and that is her area of expertise. HELLLLLLP, please! It is driving me crazy that no one in the world has ever heard of the name DOMILIVER/DOMILIVRE. A soundex search brings up some German names, but none that are even remotely close in spelling to this surname. Thank you. Dona Baker Alberta, Canada Also researching: HORNIBROOK (Reported to mean "Stag at Bay" in Old English. Need to verify this. Originates in Devonshire, England) BELESAIGNE (Huguenot name meaning pretty pool - originates from Languedoc region of France) ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Moorefield,Hampshire Co VA/WVA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Scott" <mrscott@cambridgeoh.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 12:57 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > I am supposedly descended from John and Christina (unknown maiden) Alkire. > They seem to have been in Hampshire co, VA and Harrison ( now Lewis) Co, > VA/WV > > You seem not to know how to use the list. A little help perhaps? > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/SURNAME-ORIGINS/2003-05/1053195226 > Go there and look at it, please. I started with a new inquiry about the > surname Alkire. Jurgen and then LaChance both helped me. Then you come in > with something which doesn't even have Alkire mentioned in it. Your > message/question should have been in line with mine or at least had the name > Alkire in it. > I hope that will make some sense to you and help you. > Mary > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

LAZENBY / LAZONBY (Scand.) Found in 13th century Yorkshire. Laisingbi, Lazingbi; Domesday: Leissingebi, Lesingbi; Lazonby in Cumberland. Meaning is The Freedman's Dwelling or Farmstead and is from the Old Norse. Leising is a present-day Scandinavian surname. Gary

Are you also of Alkire? If so where? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Scott" <mrscott@cambridgeoh.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 11:41 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > Why are you using my Alkire question for all these other names and whatever? > Mary > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Alright anyone seen this name? MONKEY. I know of the Cornish surname MANKEY, MANKIE, I believe this is just a variation or a transcription error, however I may be wrong. Jim

Because I would like to find the names I'm looking for and when they aren't in any of my books I am, indeed, disappointed. roland elliott wrote: >Why a disappointment? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:25 >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > >>No burden. I enjoy doing it. I'm not sure who is more disappointed >>when I can't find a name, me or the person who asked. <G> >>Barbara >> >>roland elliott wrote: >> >> >> >>>I don't want to burden you ,but I do want to know. >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >>>To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:54 >>>Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more >>>>obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those >>>> >>>> >>>>from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. >>> >>> >>>>Barbara >>>> >>>>roland elliott wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, >>>>>Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. >>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >>>>>To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >>>>>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 >>>>>Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, >>>>>>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). >>>>>>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to >>>>>>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came >>>>>> >>>>>> >of > > >>>>>>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the >>>>>> >>>>>> >pronunciation > > >>>>>>correct in the new surroundings. >>>>>>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. >>>>>>Barbara >>>>>> >>>>>>Mary Scott wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >be? > > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>correspond >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same >>>>> >>>>> >there; > > >>>>>some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>they >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>Any help would be appreciated. >>>>>>>Mary >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>============================== >>>>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>records, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>go to: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>============================== >>>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>records, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>go to: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>============================== >>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>>> >>>>> >records, > > >>>>> >>>>> >>>go to: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>============================== >>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>> >>>> >records, > > >>>> >>>> >>>go to: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >go to: > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> >> >go to: > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

LEAZONBY ? HARNESS, HARNISH (English) One who made armor and harness. PATTON, PATTEN, PATTIN (English) 1. Descendant of little Pat, a pet form of Patrick (noble or patrician). 2. One who came from Patton (village of Peatti's people; Patta's homestead), the name of places in Shropshire and Westmorland. OOSTERHOUT (Dutch) One who came from Oosterhout (east wood, in Holland. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRADT (German) The only reference I could find to the name as spelled referred me to "BROT". However, the closest I could find to that spelling was "Brotmann" which means a "baker". All names with the first element "BROT" had something to do with being a baker, so I am led to assume that BRADT/BROT is also a "BAKER". ---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. Barbara roland elliott wrote: >Kenne,Kenny,Field,Hornbeck,Leazonby,Harness,Decker,Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,Patton,Oosterhout,Bradt,Thank you/ >Quidquid latine dictum sit,altum viditur. > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

Why a disappointment? ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:25 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > No burden. I enjoy doing it. I'm not sure who is more disappointed > when I can't find a name, me or the person who asked. <G> > Barbara > > roland elliott wrote: > > >I don't want to burden you ,but I do want to know. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:54 > >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > > > > > > >>You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more > >>obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those > >>from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. > >>Barbara > >> > >>roland elliott wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, > >>>Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >>>To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >>>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 > >>>Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, > >>>>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). > >>>>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to > >>>>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of > >>>>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation > >>>>correct in the new surroundings. > >>>>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. > >>>>Barbara > >>>> > >>>>Mary Scott wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do > >>> > >>> > >correspond > > > > > >>>with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; > >>>some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said > >>> > >>> > >they > > > > > >>>came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>Any help would be appreciated. > >>>>>Mary > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>============================== > >>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >>>>> > >>>>> > >records, > > > > > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>go to: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>============================== > >>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >>>> > >>>> > >records, > > > > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>go to: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>============================== > >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >>> > >>> > >go to: > > > > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >> > >> > >go to: > > > > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

MONKEY (Welsh, English) "of the monkhaw", i.e. the monk's enclosure. ---Source: A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames by Charles Wareing Bardsley. Barbara Kernow62@aol.com wrote: >Alright anyone seen this name? MONKEY. > >I know of the Cornish surname MANKEY, MANKIE, I believe this is just a >variation or a transcription error, however I may be wrong. > >Jim > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

No burden. I enjoy doing it. I'm not sure who is more disappointed when I can't find a name, me or the person who asked. <G> Barbara roland elliott wrote: >I don't want to burden you ,but I do want to know. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:54 >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > >>You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more >>obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those >>from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. >>Barbara >> >>roland elliott wrote: >> >> >> >>>Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, >>>Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >>>To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 >>>Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, >>>>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). >>>>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to >>>>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of >>>>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation >>>>correct in the new surroundings. >>>>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. >>>>Barbara >>>> >>>>Mary Scott wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do >>> >>> >correspond > > >>>with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; >>>some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said >>> >>> >they > > >>>came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>Any help would be appreciated. >>>>>Mary >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>============================== >>>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>>> >>>>> >records, > > >>>>> >>>>> >>>go to: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>============================== >>>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >>>> >>>> >records, > > >>>> >>>> >>>go to: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >go to: > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> >> >go to: > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

Excellent,I found Field in 1066 with Willy the Conq.Thank you - - again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:08 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Kenney/Kenne, Field, Hornbeck, deHooges, Janzen... > KENNEY/KENNE > 1. Scots.: Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name "Cionaodha", of > uncertain origin but perhaps composed of the elements "cion" (respect, > affection) + "Aodh", the name of the pagan god of fire. If so, the name > probably means "beloved of Aodh". However, it has also been interpreted > as "ardent love". > 2. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic "O'Coinnigh" (descendant of > "Coinneach"). > > FIELD > 1. English: someone who lived on land which had been cleared of forest, > but not cultivated. It comes from the Old English "feld" (pasture, open > country). > 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic) Anglicized and shortened form of any of several > Jewish surnames. (i.e., Feld(er), Feldman(n), etc.) > > deHOOGE(S) (Flemish, Dutch) a nickname for a tall person. > > JANZEN (Dutch) Patronym of JAN, a form of "John". > > DECKER > 1. German: a thatcher or a maker of blankets or matting. > 2. English: variation of DITCH. > > JANS > 1. English: patronym of JANE. Jane was from the Middle English given > name "Jan", a variation of "John". (As a given name, "Jane" was not > specialized as a female form until the 17th century.) > 2. Flemish, Dutch: patronym of "JAN", a form of "John". > > WESTBROOK (English) someone from any of various places with that name. > For example in Berkshire, Kent, and the Isle of Wight. > ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > HORNBECK (German) A form of HORNBACH, meaning "one who came from > Hornbach (muddy brook)", the name of two places in Germany. > > WESTFALL (German) > 1. One who came from Westphalia (western plain), a province in Prussia. > 2. Dweller at the western clearing. > ---Source: New Dictionary of American Surnames by Elsdon C. Smith. > Barbara > > roland elliott wrote: > > >Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, > >Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 > >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > > > > > > >>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, > >>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). > >>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to > >>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of > >>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation > >>correct in the new surroundings. > >>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. > >>Barbara > >> > >>Mary Scott wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? > >>> > >>> > >Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do correspond > >with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; > >some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said they > >came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > > > > > >>>Any help would be appreciated. > >>>Mary > >>> > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >>> > >>> > >go to: > > > > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >> > >> > >go to: > > > > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

KENNEY/KENNE 1. Scots.: Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name "Cionaodha", of uncertain origin but perhaps composed of the elements "cion" (respect, affection) + "Aodh", the name of the pagan god of fire. If so, the name probably means "beloved of Aodh". However, it has also been interpreted as "ardent love". 2. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic "O'Coinnigh" (descendant of "Coinneach"). FIELD 1. English: someone who lived on land which had been cleared of forest, but not cultivated. It comes from the Old English "feld" (pasture, open country). 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic) Anglicized and shortened form of any of several Jewish surnames. (i.e., Feld(er), Feldman(n), etc.) deHOOGE(S) (Flemish, Dutch) a nickname for a tall person. JANZEN (Dutch) Patronym of JAN, a form of "John". DECKER 1. German: a thatcher or a maker of blankets or matting. 2. English: variation of DITCH. JANS 1. English: patronym of JANE. Jane was from the Middle English given name "Jan", a variation of "John". (As a given name, "Jane" was not specialized as a female form until the 17th century.) 2. Flemish, Dutch: patronym of "JAN", a form of "John". WESTBROOK (English) someone from any of various places with that name. For example in Berkshire, Kent, and the Isle of Wight. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- HORNBECK (German) A form of HORNBACH, meaning "one who came from Hornbach (muddy brook)", the name of two places in Germany. WESTFALL (German) 1. One who came from Westphalia (western plain), a province in Prussia. 2. Dweller at the western clearing. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Surnames by Elsdon C. Smith. Barbara roland elliott wrote: >Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, >Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > >>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, >>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). >>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to >>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of >>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation >>correct in the new surroundings. >>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. >>Barbara >> >>Mary Scott wrote: >> >> >> >>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? >>> >>> >Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do correspond >with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; >some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said they >came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > > >>>Any help would be appreciated. >>>Mary >>> >>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >go to: > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> >> >go to: > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

I have noticed, living in Cornwall that one is referred to as Mr. Martins when one's surname is Martin. Mr. Berryman is always Mr. Berryman though. Different names fit different rules. However when referring to the family as a whole it was always "the Berrymans" or "the Martins". The Williams (always plural) were "the Williamses". Having looked at early records, both MARTINS, MARTYN, MARTIN, MARTEN were used, so perhaps the "S" is a holdover. Jim > Someone points to the home of William Bridge and asks, "Who lives there?" > "The Bridges," a man answers. > > We find Wood - Woods and other names with and without the final S. > More often than not the final S seems to indicate the entire family > and that's how the tax collector writes it. > > Italians did the same, i.e., Tedesco becomes Tedeschi. But Tedesco often > remains > unchanged. In Wales it's always Matthews but Thomas is always Thomas. > > I'd be interested in other explanations. So glad to see you on the list, > Gordon.

Thanks,they came from Hull in England in the 18th Century to NY-PA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 8:22 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Elliott/Varley,Chapman,Stockton,shields,Chernay. > MITCHELL (English, Scots., and Irish) from the Middle English/Old French > given name "Michel", the regular vernacular form of MICHAEL. > > SHEARDOWN - couldn't find this one as written. It appears to be English > and may (just a guess) have something to do with someone who lived on a > low hill (down) between two higher hills. Another possibility is a > mutation of the name "SHEDDON" which is Scots. of uncertain origin. One > other possibility I just ran across is "SHERATON" (English), habitation > name from a place in Co. Durham. One last thing - it could have > something to do with being a shepherd. Strange how some names seem as > if they would be really easy to find but are not. > ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > (I checked all 7 of my source books for the "Sheardown" name and also > tried variations of the spelling, to no avail). > Barbara > > roland elliott wrote: > > >Thank you,how about Mitchell,Sheardown,and then a mess of Dutch names? > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:26 > >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] > >Elliott/Varley,Chapman,Stockton,shields,Chernay. > > > > > > > > > >>ELLIOTT > >>1. English: diminutive of ELLIS. > >>2. English & Scot.: from a Middle English given name, " Elyat, Elyt". > >>3. Scot.: Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname "ELLOCH, ELOTH", meaning > >>someone who lived near a dam, mound, or bank. > >> > >>VARLEY ( English) of uncertain origin, probably a habitation name from > >>"Verly" in Aisne, Picardy, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name > >>"Viriliou" + the local suffix "-acum". The surname is now most common > >>in W. Yorkshire. > >> > >>CHAPMAN (English) a merchant or trader (from an Old English word meaning > >>"barter, bargain, price, property" + "mann" man). > >> > >>STOCKTON (English) someone from any of the places, for example in > >>Cheshire, County Durham, Hertsfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, > >>Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and N. and W. Yorkshire, so > >>called from Old English "stocc" (tree trunk) or "stoc" (dependent > >>settlement) + "tun" (settlement, enclosure). It is not possible to > >>distinguish between the two first elements on the basis of early forms. > >> > >>SHIELDS > >>1. English: an armourer. > >>2. English: someone from places in Northumberland and County Durham (now > >>both in Tyne and Wear) called respectively "N and S Shields", from a > >>Middle English word meaning "shed, hut, shelter". Some examples of the > >>name may be topographic, derived directly from the vocabulary word. > >>3. English: someone who lived near the shallow part of a river. > >>4. Irish: Anglicized form of "O'Siaghail, O'Siadhail" (descendant of > >>"Siadhal"). > >> > >>CHERNAY - couldn't find this one as written. Did find two possibilities: > >>\ CHERNEY, CHARNEY (Czech-Slav.) The dark complected man. > >>\ CHENAY, CHENEY, CHENE (French) someone who lived near a conspicuous > >>oak tree, or in an oak forest. The name may also have sometimes been a > >>nickname for a man with a "heart of oak". > >>---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > >>Barbara > >> > >>roland elliott wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I am interested in in the above ,Thank you. > >>>Quidquid latine dictum sit,altum viditur. > >>> > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >>> > >>> > >go to: > > > > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >> > >> > >go to: > > > > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

MITCHELL (English, Scots., and Irish) from the Middle English/Old French given name "Michel", the regular vernacular form of MICHAEL. SHEARDOWN - couldn't find this one as written. It appears to be English and may (just a guess) have something to do with someone who lived on a low hill (down) between two higher hills. Another possibility is a mutation of the name "SHEDDON" which is Scots. of uncertain origin. One other possibility I just ran across is "SHERATON" (English), habitation name from a place in Co. Durham. One last thing - it could have something to do with being a shepherd. Strange how some names seem as if they would be really easy to find but are not. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. (I checked all 7 of my source books for the "Sheardown" name and also tried variations of the spelling, to no avail). Barbara roland elliott wrote: >Thank you,how about Mitchell,Sheardown,and then a mess of Dutch names? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:26 >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] >Elliott/Varley,Chapman,Stockton,shields,Chernay. > > > > >>ELLIOTT >>1. English: diminutive of ELLIS. >>2. English & Scot.: from a Middle English given name, " Elyat, Elyt". >>3. Scot.: Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname "ELLOCH, ELOTH", meaning >>someone who lived near a dam, mound, or bank. >> >>VARLEY ( English) of uncertain origin, probably a habitation name from >>"Verly" in Aisne, Picardy, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name >>"Viriliou" + the local suffix "-acum". The surname is now most common >>in W. Yorkshire. >> >>CHAPMAN (English) a merchant or trader (from an Old English word meaning >>"barter, bargain, price, property" + "mann" man). >> >>STOCKTON (English) someone from any of the places, for example in >>Cheshire, County Durham, Hertsfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, >>Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and N. and W. Yorkshire, so >>called from Old English "stocc" (tree trunk) or "stoc" (dependent >>settlement) + "tun" (settlement, enclosure). It is not possible to >>distinguish between the two first elements on the basis of early forms. >> >>SHIELDS >>1. English: an armourer. >>2. English: someone from places in Northumberland and County Durham (now >>both in Tyne and Wear) called respectively "N and S Shields", from a >>Middle English word meaning "shed, hut, shelter". Some examples of the >>name may be topographic, derived directly from the vocabulary word. >>3. English: someone who lived near the shallow part of a river. >>4. Irish: Anglicized form of "O'Siaghail, O'Siadhail" (descendant of >>"Siadhal"). >> >>CHERNAY - couldn't find this one as written. Did find two possibilities: >>\ CHERNEY, CHARNEY (Czech-Slav.) The dark complected man. >>\ CHENAY, CHENEY, CHENE (French) someone who lived near a conspicuous >>oak tree, or in an oak forest. The name may also have sometimes been a >>nickname for a man with a "heart of oak". >>---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. >>Barbara >> >>roland elliott wrote: >> >> >> >>>I am interested in in the above ,Thank you. >>>Quidquid latine dictum sit,altum viditur. >>> >>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >go to: > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> >> >go to: > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

Kenne,Kenny,Field,Hornbeck,Leazonby,Harness,Decker,Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,Patton,Oosterhout,Bradt,Thank you/ Quidquid latine dictum sit,altum viditur.

I don't want to burden you ,but I do want to know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:54 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more > obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those > from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. > Barbara > > roland elliott wrote: > > >Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, > >Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 > >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > > > > > > >>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, > >>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). > >>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to > >>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of > >>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation > >>correct in the new surroundings. > >>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. > >>Barbara > >> > >>Mary Scott wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? > >>> > >>> > >Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do correspond > >with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; > >some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said they > >came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > > > > > >>>Any help would be appreciated. > >>>Mary > >>> > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >>> > >>> > >go to: > > > > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >> > >> > >go to: > > > > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

You can, but you'd be more likely to get answers to some of the more obscure names if you post to the list. I'll give these a try, and those from last night, too. Will tell you if I can't find something. Barbara roland elliott wrote: >Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, >Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > >>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, >>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). >>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to >>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of >>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation >>correct in the new surroundings. >>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. >>Barbara >> >>Mary Scott wrote: >> >> >> >>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? >>> >>> >Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do correspond >with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; >some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said they >came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > > >>>Any help would be appreciated. >>>Mary >>> >>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >go to: > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> >> >go to: > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >

Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, > (ALLGAEU - n Austria). > As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to > dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of > immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation > correct in the new surroundings. > ---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. > Barbara > > Mary Scott wrote: > > >Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do correspond with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said they came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > > > >Any help would be appreciated. > >Mary > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

MITCHELL - Scottish form of Michael. SHEARDOWN - Here is a case mentioned by Gordon of a name being derived from an ancient personal name or something more modern. It could be a place where sheep shearing was done but -down means on a hill and it's doubtful that shearing was done on a hill so Gordon's theory is much more likely. You know Roland, that everywhere your ancestors lived, mine lived also. From New York to Ohio, WV and finally California. I think they were keeping their eyes on each other. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: LaChance Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 11:06 PM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Elliott/Varley,Chapman,Stockton,shields,Chernay. Will give it a try but it will have to be tomorrow night as its WAY past my bedtime and my eyeballs are drooping. :-) Barbara roland elliott wrote: >Thank you,how about Mitchell,Sheardown,and then a mess of Dutch names? >----- Original Message ----- >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:26 >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] >Elliott/Varley,Chapman,Stockton,shields,Chernay. > > > > >>ELLIOTT >>1. English: diminutive of ELLIS. >>2. English & Scot.: from a Middle English given name, " Elyat, Elyt". >>3. Scot.: Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname "ELLOCH, ELOTH", meaning >>someone who lived near a dam, mound, or bank. >> >>VARLEY ( English) of uncertain origin, probably a habitation name from >>"Verly" in Aisne, Picardy, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name >>"Viriliou" + the local suffix "-acum". The surname is now most common >>in W. Yorkshire. >> >>CHAPMAN (English) a merchant or trader (from an Old English word meaning >>"barter, bargain, price, property" + "mann" man). >> >>STOCKTON (English) someone from any of the places, for example in >>Cheshire, County Durham, Hertsfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, >>Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and N. and W. Yorkshire, so >>called from Old English "stocc" (tree trunk) or "stoc" (dependent >>settlement) + "tun" (settlement, enclosure). It is not possible to >>distinguish between the two first elements on the basis of early forms. >> >>SHIELDS >>1. English: an armourer. >>2. English: someone from places in Northumberland and County Durham (now >>both in Tyne and Wear) called respectively "N and S Shields", from a >>Middle English word meaning "shed, hut, shelter". Some examples of the >>name may be topographic, derived directly from the vocabulary word. >>3. English: someone who lived near the shallow part of a river. >>4. Irish: Anglicized form of "O'Siaghail, O'Siadhail" (descendant of >>"Siadhal"). >> >>CHERNAY - couldn't find this one as written. Did find two possibilities: >>\ CHERNEY, CHARNEY (Czech-Slav.) The dark complected man. >>\ CHENAY, CHENEY, CHENE (French) someone who lived near a conspicuous >>oak tree, or in an oak forest. The name may also have sometimes been a >>nickname for a man with a "heart of oak". >>---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. >>Barbara >> >>roland elliott wrote: >> >> >> >>>I am interested in in the above ,Thank you. >>>Quidquid latine dictum sit,altum viditur. >>> >>> >>>============================== >>>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >>> >>> >go to: > > >>>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>============================== >>To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> >> >go to: > > >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> >> >> > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237