FURNESS, FURNISS, FURNASS (English) Local name from the district on the South coast of Cumberland (formerly in Lancashire), from Old Norse "fud" (rump), the name of the peninsula, formerly of an island opposite the southern part of this district, + Old Norse "nes" meaning "headland, nose." Thus, "fud" + "nes" = fudnes= furness, etc. = "rump of the headland" or "rump of the nose". ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. or: FURNACE (English, French, Scot.) Variant of Furness, "one who came from Furnace (a furnace), in Scotland. FURNESS, FURNISS (Eng., Fr., Scot.) One who came from Furness (podex headland), in Lancashire; one who came from Furneaux (furnaces), in France; or from Furness in Ross and Cromarty. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith Barbara Barbara Gregg & Debra Prosch wrote: > Could you please lookup the surname FURNESS, FURNIS, FURNACE (sp?) It seems obvious and I think it is English and probably something to do with a heating source (LOL) and I am sure Barrow-in-Furness is in there somewhere but you let me know what you think (or know) > > Thanking you in advance > Debra Prosch > > ============================== > 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

not so obvious afterall, thank you for all you do. Debra Prosch ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] FURNESS > FURNESS, FURNISS, FURNASS (English) Local name from the district on the South coast of Cumberland (formerly in Lancashire), from Old Norse "fud" (rump), the name of the peninsula, formerly of an island opposite the southern part of this district, + Old Norse "nes" > meaning "headland, nose." Thus, "fud" + "nes" = fudnes= furness, etc. = "rump of the headland" or "rump of the nose". > ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > > or: > FURNACE (English, French, Scot.) Variant of Furness, "one who came from Furnace (a furnace), in Scotland. > > FURNESS, FURNISS (Eng., Fr., Scot.) One who came from Furness (podex headland), in Lancashire; one who came from Furneaux (furnaces), in France; or from Furness in Ross and Cromarty. > ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith > Barbara > > Barbara > > Gregg & Debra Prosch wrote: > > > Could you please lookup the surname FURNESS, FURNIS, FURNACE (sp?) It seems obvious and I think it is English and probably something to do with a heating source (LOL) and I am sure Barrow-in-Furness is in there somewhere but you let me know what you think (or know) > > > > Thanking you in advance > > Debra Prosch > > > > ============================== > > 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 >