Hi, Picking your collective brains again - does the derivation of the surname NUTT come from the obvious, or is there some other meaning? Any thoughts would be welcome. Kind Regards Maureen Norfolk UK

You are right on both counts. NUTT (English) From Middle English "not(e), nut" (nut) (Old English "hnutu"; either an occupational name for a gatherer and seller of nuts, or nickname for a man supposedly resembling a nut (i.e., having a rounded head and dark complexion). ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. also: NUTT, NUTE (English) Descendant of "NUTE", a pet form of CANUTE or KNUT (hill; white-haired). ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. Barbara maureen mitchell wrote: >Hi, > >Picking your collective brains again - does the derivation of the surname >NUTT come from the obvious, or is there some other meaning? > >Any thoughts would be welcome. > >Kind Regards > >Maureen > >Norfolk UK > > > >============================== >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 > > > >

Interested to know the origin of this name and possible County of origin (Derbyshire ?) Regards John Melbourne,AUS

Could not find the name as given. However, I am wondering if it could be a form of REILLY which is an Anglicized form of the Irish personal name "Raghailleach", Old Irish "Roghallach", of unknown origin. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara RITA KENNEDY wrote: >HELLO, WHAT IS THE SURNAME; "REIGHLEY" MEAN & ORIGINS ?, SOME FORM OF OLD ENGLISH-SAXON??, THANKS. > > > >============================== >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 > > > >

HELLO, WHAT IS THE SURNAME; "REIGHLEY" MEAN & ORIGINS ?, SOME FORM OF OLD ENGLISH-SAXON??, THANKS.

FROGGATT, FROGGETT (English - S. Yorkshire and Midlands) Someone from Froggatt in Derbyshire, near Bakewell, which probably gets it's name from Old English "frogga" frog (perhaps a byname) + "cot" shelter, cottage. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara John Rice wrote: > Interested to know the origin of this name and possible County of > origin (Derbyshire ?) > Regards > John > Melbourne,AUS > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Hello and good morning, SCHIFFGEN - diminutive form of the name Schiff (= "ship"); name given to a skipper or seaman. The -gen is the West German version of the -chen ending and is particulary common in the Rhineland area. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pardeejim@aol.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 3:17 AM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] SCHIFFGEN > My wife would be interested in the origin and/or meaning of her father's > surname, SCHIFFGEN. > Could some kind person help her? > > Jim PARDEE

My wife would be interested in the origin and/or meaning of her father's surname, SCHIFFGEN. Could some kind person help her? Jim PARDEE

Couldn't find the name but it appears to be German and the first element appears to mean "ship". Now, if we could just figure out what the "gen" means! INGOLF!!! HELP!!! Barbara Pardeejim@aol.com wrote: >My wife would be interested in the origin and/or meaning of her father's >surname, SCHIFFGEN. >Could some kind person help her? > >Jim PARDEE > > >============================== >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 > > > >

Could it be <same>? i.e. Sarah of Romsey married with consent of her father James also of Romsey Extra (as she was not 21 she would need his consent to marry) at Romsey Chris (UK) ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:00 PM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] S for Shire? > Rout, Thomas-Clark, of Holborn, co. Middlesex, > > currier, 21, b., & Sarah Perry, of Romsey Extra, 20, > > with c. of her f., James Perry, of the s., grocer, > > at R., 27 Jun 1811. > > > ================= > I don't think the S is for shire since they already used the > word "county." > > Maybe some Englishman can help but I don't know any > lists that cover this subject. > > > ============================== > 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 >

Hi Ingolf, My guess is that despite the very German-sounding "Blenken" it is actually an old Anglo-Saxon name which may have originally meant white. I've been told that there are a number of Radcliff(e)s in the German phone directories, too. I often wonder how people come to live where they live. And thanks, Gary Radcliffe ----- Original Message ----- From: Ingolf Vogel Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 7:58 PM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] BLANKENSHIP Hello, An interesting name. The "Blanken" part is Low German/Dutch for "white, clean". The problem is the second part. First one would have to establish whether the name is actually Blanken-ship or Blankens-hip. "schip" means ship (in both low German and Dutch). But why would someone be called "white-ship" ? Possibly a sailor ? If the name is Blankens-hip the "-hip" part may be a variation of "hieb" which a blow, i.e. an Blankens-hip may be a particulary cleanly smith or a smith living in a white house. In Germany there are presently 18 entries in the telephone directory for Blankenship, about half of them have English first names. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:56 AM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] BLANKENSHIP > BLANKENSHIP - Sounds English but some of the spellings look German. > > Gary Radcliffe > West Covina, Ca > > > ============================== > 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

Very possible, Margaret. I've forwarded your response to a cousin and am awaiting her response. Thanks for the input. Gary Radcliffe ----- Original Message ----- From: bethanyc@aebc.com Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:09 AM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] S FOR SHIRE Just a guess, but it looks to me as if it means "same" -- "of the same" meaning the Romsey placename mentioned earlier in the record. Like "do" in a census record meaning "ditto", in a list of children all born in the same place. Possible? Margaret Gibbs Richmond, BC ============================== 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

Thanks to your spellings I now know that the name means "Blenken's Hope." Thanks again, Barbara. Gary Radcliffe ----- Original Message ----- From: LaChance Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 12:21 AM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] BLANKENSHIP BLANKENSHIP, BLANKENSOP (English) One who came from Blenkinsopp (top valley), in Northumberland. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. Barbara GARY RADCLIFFE wrote: >BLANKENSHIP - Sounds English but some of the spellings look German. > >Gary Radcliffe >West Covina, Ca > > >============================== >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

BUSH 1. English: Someone who lived by a thicket of bushes, from Middle English "bush(e)" bush (probably from Old Norse "buski", or an unrecorded Old English "busc"). The surname may also be from Old Norse "Buski" used as a personal name. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Anglicized form of German "Busch". CHENEY (English) Someone who lived near a conspicuous oak tree, or in an oak forest. The surname may also have been a nickname for a man with a "heart of oak". GARFIELD 1. English: apparently a habitation name from an unidentified place, probably from a field-name referring to a triangular area left at the corner of an open field after rectangular furlongs had been laid out. 2. Jewish: Anglicization of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. or: BUSH (English) Dweller at the sign of the bush (usually a wine merchant); one who dwelt near a bush. CHENEY (English) One who came from Quesney, Cheney or Chenay (oak grove), in France; dweller near the chain, or barrier, used to close a street at night. GARFIELD (English) Dweller on the grassy land or pasture. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. Barbara Becky Jo Barben wrote: >These are my Cousin Lines, but are every bit as interesting as my direct lines. Thank you in advance, for all the work you do. I am wondering where these names originated. > >Bush? > >Cheney? > >Garfield? > >~ Becky > >__________________________________________________________________ >The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > >Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > >============================== >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 > > > >

These are my Cousin Lines, but are every bit as interesting as my direct lines. Thank you in advance, for all the work you do. I am wondering where these names originated. Bush? Cheney? Garfield? ~ Becky __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

Just a guess, but it looks to me as if it means "same" -- "of the same" meaning the Romsey placename mentioned earlier in the record. Like "do" in a census record meaning "ditto", in a list of children all born in the same place. Possible? Margaret Gibbs Richmond, BC

LOHR - 1) person stemming from one of the villages called Lohr (Lower Saxony, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Alsace) 2) shortend form of the name Loher = a tanner 3) a shortend form of the name Lorenz = Lawrence. Regards, Ingolf Vogelö ----- Original Message ----- From: <SKing999011@aol.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:38 PM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Surname LOHR > Hi, > One more search please...the name LOHR. > Thanks, > Enjoy the Day! > Stephen > > > ============================== > 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 > >

BOERTLEIN - the dimuative form of the name BORTE which is 1) a braid [name given of a maker of such] 2) medieval German for river/sea bank, edge [given to a person that lived on the banks od a river, lake or the sea]. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: <SKing999011@aol.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:36 PM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Boertlein Surname > Good Morning! > I would like to prevail upon your good graces to know the surname > BOERTLEIN. > Many Thanks, > Stephen > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Hello, If the names Greunke and Greinke are from the Eastern part of Germany, they are very likely to be variants of the same name. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Greinke" <greinkel@flinthills.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 12:57 AM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] German Surname - GREINKE > Thank you very much. Some how I received information that it meant "The > quarrelsome or argumentive person. This was due to I guess rafts being > caught on a curve or bend in a river. In any event. Can I impose on one > more surname? "Greunke", your kindness is appreciated. > > Larry Greinke > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ingolf Vogel" <vogeling@freenet.de> > To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 4:08 PM > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] German Surname - GREINKE > > > > Hello, > > > > GREINKE - Eastern German diminuative form of the name Grein : which > derives > > either from medieval German "grin" = loud scream or a form of the name > > Quirin. > > > > Regards, > > > > Ingolf Vogel > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <greinkel@flinthills.com> > > To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:00 PM > > Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] German Surname - GREINKE > > > > > > > I hope this is proper format. I'm am looking for any information on the > > German surname "Greinke". The earliest I have found location wise is > > Glowitz, Germanyt from around the 1850's. Any assistance is appreciated. > > > > > > Larry Greinke > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > >

Hello, An interesting name. The "Blanken" part is Low German/Dutch for "white, clean". The problem is the second part. First one would have to establish whether the name is actually Blanken-ship or Blankens-hip. "schip" means ship (in both low German and Dutch). But why would someone be called "white-ship" ? Possibly a sailor ? If the name is Blankens-hip the "-hip" part may be a variation of "hieb" which a blow, i.e. an Blankens-hip may be a particulary cleanly smith or a smith living in a white house. In Germany there are presently 18 entries in the telephone directory for Blankenship, about half of them have English first names. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:56 AM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] BLANKENSHIP > BLANKENSHIP - Sounds English but some of the spellings look German. > > Gary Radcliffe > West Covina, Ca > > > ============================== > 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 > >