COOKEALS-COONEY ? COONEY (Irish) Anglicized form of Gaelic "O'Cuana", descendant of "Cuana", a personal name derived from 'cuanna', meaning 'elegant, comely'. COOKE 1. English: a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): in part an Anglicization of the Jewish surname "Kuk", which is of unknown origin, and in part an Anglicization of several other similar sounding Jewish surnames. BRACKENRIDGE/BRACKENRIGG (Scots.) Habitation name from 'Brackenrig" in the former county of Lanarks. (now part of Strthclyde region), probably so called from Northern Middle English 'braken' (bracken) + 'rigg' (ridge). Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges Barbara gwyneth wrote: > Hi guys, anyone have any info on these names. There are Irish > connections and Australian. Peter Cookeals-Cooney came > to Sydney on the "Larkins" in Nov 1818. Also known as > Peter Cooke from 1818-1824. And in the 1825 Muster > as Cooney of Richmond; inthe 1828 muster as Cooke. > Other connection is James Brackenridge, also spelt > Brackenrigg. > Thanks for any info. > Gwyneth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:07 PM > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] CLEEVE, CLEAVE > > > CLEVE - One who dwelt at a cliff or rock. All the spellings you listed > > are merely variable ways of spelling CLEVE. > > > > Gary Radcliffe > > > > > > ============================== > > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > > your heritage! > > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/