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    1. [SURNAME-ORIGINS] S for Shire?
    2. GARY RADCLIFFE
    3. 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.

    02/12/2003 06:00:41
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Surname LOHR
    2. LaChance
    3. LOHR (German) One who made leather, a tanner; one who came from Lohr (tannery), the name of several places in Germany. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. Barbara SKing999011@aol.com wrote: >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 > > > >

    02/12/2003 02:38:43
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Boertlein Surname
    2. LaChance
    3. While I could not find the name in any of my sources, all suggested the first element in the name could be a form of "Baur" or "Bu(h)r". Don't know if that will help any but it might. Barbara SKing999011@aol.com wrote: >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 > > > >

    02/12/2003 02:35:13
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] BLANKENSHIP
    2. LaChance
    3. 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 > > > >

    02/12/2003 02:21:04
    1. [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Surname LOHR
    2. Hi, One more search please...the name LOHR. Thanks, Enjoy the Day! Stephen

    02/12/2003 01:38:26
    1. [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Boertlein Surname
    2. Good Morning! I would like to prevail upon your good graces to know the surname BOERTLEIN. Many Thanks, Stephen

    02/12/2003 01:36:46
    1. [SURNAME-ORIGINS] BLANKENSHIP
    2. GARY RADCLIFFE
    3. BLANKENSHIP - Sounds English but some of the spellings look German. Gary Radcliffe West Covina, Ca

    02/11/2003 05:56:17
    1. [SURNAME-ORIGINS] NEKREWS... THANKYOU
    2. merv lamb
    3. Hi all Many thanks for your Interest In my Nekrews name and suggestions. I still have an open mind on the origins, a soundex search suggests the Baltics. So! none the wiser. I think I'll cook Goulash monday and Pasties Tuesday Carol

    02/09/2003 01:26:32
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] German Surname - GREINKE
    2. Ingolf Vogel
    3. 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

    02/08/2003 04:08:01
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] German Surname - GREINKE
    2. Lawrence Greinke
    3. 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 >

    02/08/2003 10:57:18
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON
    2. Bonnie and Carl LaGalle
    3. Please remove my name from this list Bonnie F. LaGalle 316-365-3834 ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON > STATON, STATEN (English) Dweller on the homestead where there was a > wharf or boat-landing place. > > Also, I would look into the possibility that the name could be a > corruption of: > \ STANTON (English) One who came from Stanton (homestead on stoney > ground). It is the name of many places in England. Another reference > to stones in at least two cases is their proximity to prehistoric stone > monuments. The name has also sometimes been chosen by Ashkenazic Jews > as an Anglicization of like-sounding Jewish surnames. > ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon, C. Smith. > Barbara > > WFstaton10@aol.com wrote: > > >Please check the origin and meaning of STATON. > > > > > >============================== > >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 >

    02/08/2003 09:34:33
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON
    2. Bonnie and Carl LaGalle
    3. Please remove my name from this list Bonnie F. LaGalle 316-365-3834 ----- Original Message ----- From: <WFstaton10@aol.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON > Hi Barbara, > > Thank you ever so much for your information about the STATON name. Your > service to all of us is greatly appreciated! > > Bill > > > ============================== > 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 > >

    02/08/2003 09:34:09
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] German Surname - GREINKE
    2. Bonnie and Carl LaGalle
    3. Please remove my name from this list Bonnie F. LaGalle 316-365-3834 ----- Original Message ----- From: <greinkel@flinthills.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 3:00 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 > >

    02/08/2003 09:33:43
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON
    2. Bonnie and Carl LaGalle
    3. Please remove my name from this list Bonnie F. LaGalle 316-365-3834 ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON > STATON - Closely related to STATHAM, both of which mean settlements > by a wharf, riverbank or the like, as Barbara said. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: WFstaton10@aol.com > Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 8:23 AM > To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON > > Please check the origin and meaning of STATON. > > > ============================== > 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 >

    02/08/2003 09:33:21
    1. Fw: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Bodemer
    2. Ingolf Vogel
    3. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ingolf Vogel" <vogeling@freenet.de> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Bodemer > Hello, > > BOD(E)MER - name from the Southwest of Germany and Switzerland given to a > person stemming from on of the villages called Bodman, Bodem or generally a > person coming from a "Boden" which is a type of valley. > > SELLENBERG - person living at or stemming from a palce called Sellenberg or > Seelenberg. > > Regards, > > Ingolf Vogel > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Msrnter@aol.com> > To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 2:00 PM > Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Bodemer > > > > Hi Listers, > > > > I would like to know the meaning and roots of two surnames in our family. > > They are Bodemer and Sellenberg, both German. > > > > Thanks, > > MSRNTER@aol.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 > > > > >

    02/08/2003 08:54:46
    1. [SURNAME-ORIGINS] German Surname - GREINKE
    2. 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

    02/08/2003 08:00:25
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON
    2. GARY RADCLIFFE
    3. STATON - Closely related to STATHAM, both of which mean settlements by a wharf, riverbank or the like, as Barbara said. ----- Original Message ----- From: WFstaton10@aol.com Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 8:23 AM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON Please check the origin and meaning of STATON. ============================== 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

    02/08/2003 06:35:35
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON
    2. Hi Barbara, Thank you ever so much for your information about the STATON name. Your service to all of us is greatly appreciated! Bill

    02/08/2003 05:40:41
    1. Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Soga
    2. History Search
    3. Russian has: socha (coxa in cyrillic - c=s, 'x' is pronouced like the 'ch' in Scottish loch) meaning plough, sok (cok - acc. = coka) meaning juice, sap and sachar (caxap - 'x' as above, p=r) meaning sugar. Some Russian words are common to/similar in other 'Slavic' languages. Hope this helps Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ingolf Vogel" <vogeling@freenet.de> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:48 AM > Hello List, > > I'm looking ofr the meaning of the Czech/Polish/Slovak name SOGA. > Any ideas ? > > Regards, > > Ingolf Vogel

    02/08/2003 04:52:20
    1. [SURNAME-ORIGINS] STATON
    2. Please check the origin and meaning of STATON.

    02/08/2003 04:21:48