RENFREW - (Celtic) perhaps a channel or a stillness. I'm sure someone else will have a more modern and certain meaning. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lana Renfro-Moye Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 12:03 PM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS]Renfro, Renfrew, Any ideas on the surname of Renfro, Also been spelled Renfre, Renfrow, Renfrew, Renfrey, Rentfro Our oral history is that the family came to the US from Scotland through France. Ylana Stoneyfields Ranch ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PENNINGTON | I remember the Pinna name from somewhere. | | The pitch instead of pig is also food for thought. | | This turned out to be a much more mysterious name than I thought. | | Thank you, John, | | Gary Radcliffe | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: John DeMott | Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 7:48 AM | To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com | Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PENNINGTON | | Pennington: Obvious Place name ending in | "ington" (clan/family and homestead/village). | "the homestead of Pinna's clan". | | Pickford: Another place name. "Ford (river | crossing) where pitch is found". | | Regards | John | | --- GARY RADCLIFFE <glradcliffe@msn.com> wrote: | > PENNINGTON / PENINGTON - May I have a lookup on | > this name, please? | > | > PICKFORD, too, if possible. | > | > Gary | > | > | > ============================== | > 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 | > | | | __________________________________ | Do you Yahoo!? | The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. | http://search.yahoo.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 | | | ============================== | 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 | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 4/24/2003 ============================== 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