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 > > > >

BODEMER - couldn't find as given but did find: \ BODMER (Switz.) From place name "Bodmer" near, Zurich, Bodman on Lake Constance. Rudolf "BODEMER", Überlingen 1249. Also compares with BODAMER. In some cases Middle High German "bodem" (bottom) may be a root. Could also be a mutation of "BODEMEYER" (farmer in a swamp). ---Source: German Names by Hans Bahlow. Couldn't find SELLENBERG. However, "berg" means mountain or high hill so perhaps it is someone who lives on, or near a particular mountain or high hill. Ingolf WHERE ARE YOU??? Barbara Msrnter@aol.com wrote: >Hi, > >Would you please tell me the roots and meanings of the surnames Bodemer and >Sellenberg. > >Thanks, Mary at 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 > > > >

Hi, Would you please tell me the roots and meanings of the surnames Bodemer and Sellenberg. Thanks, Mary at msrnter@aol.com

Hello, DILL - German : 1) shortend form of the name Dietrich (Germanic roots "thiot" = people & "rihhi" = rich, powerful) 2) name taken from medieval German "dille" (board) for a maker of boards and planks, 3) person stemming from one of the towns or from the river called Dill. Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: "ritacjk" <ritacjk@prodigy.net> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 4:20 AM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] DILL > BlankHELLO, > WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF > THE SURNAME "DILL" ? > 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 > >

DILL (English) Descendant of DILL or DILA (the dull one). ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. Also found: \ DILL(MANN) (German) From DIETRICH. ---Source: German Names by Hans Bahlow. And: \ DILL, DILLER (German) 1. Someone from a place known as Dill. 2. Someone who dealt with boards, a board sawyer. ---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. Barbara ritacjk wrote: >BlankHELLO, >WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF >THE SURNAME "DILL" ? >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 > > > >

BlankHELLO, WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME "DILL" ? THANKS

Hello List, I'm looking ofr the meaning of the Czech/Polish/Slovak name SOGA. Any ideas ? Regards, Ingolf Vogel

Hello, would someone please look up the meanings and origins of these 4 surnames for me? 1. Heimlich 2. Meiggs 3. Levey 4. Matchetta Thank You Very Much, Millie N.J.

HEIMLICH (German) Dweller at the private or secluded home. MEIGGS ? LEVEY (Hebrew, English) Variation of LEVY, LEVEE, descendant of Levi. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATCHETTA - couldn't find the name as given but did find: \ MATCHETT (N. Irish) Of uncertain origin, possibly a diminutive of "Matthew". The surname "Matches" is found in the Orkney and Shetland islands, and was formerly used as a given name there; it has been supposed to derive from a Scandinavian form of "Matthew". ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara MiloVomDuchess@aol.com wrote: > Hello, would someone please look up the meanings > and origins of these 4 surnames for me? > 1. Heimlich > 2. Meiggs > 3. Levey > 4. Matchetta > Thank You Very >Much, > Millie > N.J. > > >============================== >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 > > > >

SHAFFER - found SCHAFFER 1. German: A steward or baliff, from "schaffern" (to manage, run). 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Variation of SCHÄFER. \ SCHÄFER (German, Jewish) A shepherd. However, it is unlikely that this common surname in Jewish can be given a literal interpretation. It may have been adopted as a reference to God ("The Lord Is My Shepherd"). ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara KUGHN ? ELWINGER ? MATTIER ? ritacjk wrote: >Hello to all, >could some kind soul please >look-up for me, the meaning & origins >of 4 surnames ; > >1. SHAFFER >2. KUGHN >3. ELWINGER >4. MATTIER > >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, > 1.> Can anyone provide any info on > the MAN part of a name, > like; Crossman ? > 2.> What is the meaning of; "MAN"? The meaning "man" part is rather simple - it means "man". > 3.> What does two "NN" in "MANN" represent ?... The double "nn" in "Mann" is the German spelling, e.g. in many names such as Mann, Bergmann, Buhlmann, Kaufmann etc. > 4. A German national told me once that it denotes a variation of Jewish orations > I'm afraid that isn't true . While a few names eding in -mann/man may be common among Jewish people, almost all of these names are also common among non-Jews. 5.> Was it interduced into English by; Danes, Normans, Germans ?... I would say that the English names ending in -man came over to Britain with the Anglo-Saxons. Regards, Ingolf Vogel

Hello, > 1. SHAFFER SCHÄF(F)ER - a shepherd > 2. KUGHN ?, if of German origin possibly an anglisized version of Kuchen, which would be a name given to a (cake) baker > 3. ELWINGER a person from a town/village called Elwingen or Elvingen (e.g. there is one in Luxemburg) > 4. MATTIER I) German : 1) a maker of mats 2) a derivation of the name Matthias/Mathew II) french : also a derivation of Mathew Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: "ritacjk" <ritacjk@prodigy.net> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 4:20 AM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] SHAFFER,KUGHN,ELWINGER,MATTIER > Hello to all, > could some kind soul please > look-up for me, the meaning & origins > of 4 surnames ; > > 1. SHAFFER > 2. KUGHN > 3. ELWINGER > 4. MATTIER > > THANKS

Nankervis is a Cornish name. I think it could easily have been mispelled. Take a look at any form of sloppy/idiosyncratic penmanship!! ...Kathleen http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~kernow/kc1.htm No wonder we couldn't find it. Thanks to a Cornish Kathleen for the above. Gary Radcliffe

When an English name ends in -man, it often means "servant of." For instance "Willman" might mean servant of Will. Two N's usually indicates a Germanic name. However -mann was the Old English spelling of -man. The name Man originally meant "hero" but over time came to mean servant of. The vassal or tenant, kneeling ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between of those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.--Blackstone; Webster. Man man also mean the Celtic name for a person from Isle of Man. The Welsh word man means a place or district. Gary Radcliffe West Covina, Ca ----- Original Message ----- From: ritacjk Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:25 PM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] MANN + MAN 1.> Can anyone provide any info on the MAN part of a name, like; Crossman ? 2.> What is the meaning of; "MAN"? 3.> What does two "NN" in "MANN" represent ?... 4.> A German national told me once that it denotes a variation of Jewish orations (T/F ?)... 5.> Was it interduced into English by; Danes, Normans, Germans ?... Thanks for your expertise! ============================== 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

1.> Can anyone provide any info on the MAN part of a name, like; Crossman ? 2.> What is the meaning of; "MAN"? 3.> What does two "NN" in "MANN" represent ?... 4.> A German national told me once that it denotes a variation of Jewish orations (T/F ?)... 5.> Was it interduced into English by; Danes, Normans, Germans ?... Thanks for your expertise!

Hello to all, could some kind soul please look-up for me, the meaning & origins of 4 surnames ; 1. SHAFFER 2. KUGHN 3. ELWINGER 4. MATTIER THANKS

Hello again, can anyone provide any info on the name BOLDKALD?? thanks Liz Maher ecmaher@optusnet.com.au

hi listers, has anybody an idea for the first name YUMOS or JUMOS (German-Russian background). Thanks a lot in advance! Regards, Guido

Hi Carol, By 1788 it would have been English, the name you are thinking of is Nankervis which used to also be spelled Nekervis. Another possibility is a now defunct surname Nanscorus. A Cornish accent would sound quite different to Welsh ears, despite actual Cornish being readily understandable by a Welsh speaker. Indeed accents vary throughout Cornwall, Wales & the UK in general, so that an outsider to a given area will sound quite different from the local populace, and as such mistakes were the norm, especially as most were unable to write their name and spelling conventions had yet to be unified. I believe Welsh surnames also have nans as a prefix. It means the same thing in Cornish & Welsh, valley. I have seen English clerks make some really strange surnames out of Cornish surnames in parish registers. Jim > It as passed my mind also,Nekerwis Is another I believe. > I am wondering! would a cornish man have spoken Cornish or English, and how > would it be pronounced, or sound to a Welshman. > Thanks for the suggestion. > Carol

It as passed my mind also,Nekerwis Is another I believe. I am wondering! would a cornish man have spoken Cornish or English, and how would it be pronounced, or sound to a Welshman. Thanks for the suggestion. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: Kernow62@aol.com To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] NEKREWS???? Hi Carol, This is only speculation mind, but many Cornish were in Swansea, it could be a local clerks recording of a Cornish surname. NANCARROW. Jim > This Is my first posting. > I hope someone can help solve my NEKREWS family origin. > The first NEKREWS appears In a marriage In 1788 In Swansea. > It as over the years been entered In Records under NEKREWS, NECREWS, > NECKEREWS, and NEKRUES. > It has been suggested that It maybe of greek origin, but I tend to believe > It maybe of North european or Russian. > I believe the current spelling Is only the way It was first recorded by a > local I Swansea. > Any suggestion welcome. I have exhausted all avenues. ============================== 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