Excellent,I found Field in 1066 with Willy the Conq.Thank you - - again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:08 Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Kenney/Kenne, Field, Hornbeck, deHooges, Janzen... > KENNEY/KENNE > 1. Scots.: Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name "Cionaodha", of > uncertain origin but perhaps composed of the elements "cion" (respect, > affection) + "Aodh", the name of the pagan god of fire. If so, the name > probably means "beloved of Aodh". However, it has also been interpreted > as "ardent love". > 2. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic "O'Coinnigh" (descendant of > "Coinneach"). > > FIELD > 1. English: someone who lived on land which had been cleared of forest, > but not cultivated. It comes from the Old English "feld" (pasture, open > country). > 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic) Anglicized and shortened form of any of several > Jewish surnames. (i.e., Feld(er), Feldman(n), etc.) > > deHOOGE(S) (Flemish, Dutch) a nickname for a tall person. > > JANZEN (Dutch) Patronym of JAN, a form of "John". > > DECKER > 1. German: a thatcher or a maker of blankets or matting. > 2. English: variation of DITCH. > > JANS > 1. English: patronym of JANE. Jane was from the Middle English given > name "Jan", a variation of "John". (As a given name, "Jane" was not > specialized as a female form until the 17th century.) > 2. Flemish, Dutch: patronym of "JAN", a form of "John". > > WESTBROOK (English) someone from any of various places with that name. > For example in Berkshire, Kent, and the Isle of Wight. > ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > HORNBECK (German) A form of HORNBACH, meaning "one who came from > Hornbach (muddy brook)", the name of two places in Germany. > > WESTFALL (German) > 1. One who came from Westphalia (western plain), a province in Prussia. > 2. Dweller at the western clearing. > ---Source: New Dictionary of American Surnames by Elsdon C. Smith. > Barbara > > roland elliott wrote: > > >Do I continue asking you?Kenney/Kenne.Field,Hornbeck,deHooges ,Janzen, > >Decker, Jans,Westbrook,Westfall,etc. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 22:53 > >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Alkire > > > > > > > > > >>ALKIRE (German) Variation of ALGEIER, ALGEIR, ALGEYER, ALGIRE, ALGYER, > >>(ALLGAEU - n Austria). > >>As best as I can figure out from my source, the variations are due to > >>dialect, a relic of a bygone era, mispronunciations, or (in the came of > >>immigrants) a change in spelling in an effort to keep the pronunciation > >>correct in the new surroundings. > >>---Source: German-American Names by George F. Jones. > >>Barbara > >> > >>Mary Scott wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Would anyone out there know what the original name for Alkire could be? > >>> > >>> > >Other spellings seem to be Algire, Alguirre and Von Alkier. I do correspond > >with two people in Germany with this last name and it is the same there; > >some spell it one way and some another. Some traditional stories said they > >came from Scotland. The time of arrival seems to be before 1750. > > > > > >>>Any help would be appreciated. > >>>Mary > >>> > >>> > >>>============================== > >>>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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >============================== > >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 > >