LITTLEWOOD (English [chiefly Yorkshire]) Habitation name from any of several minor places in W. Yorkshire. The name means just that - "small wood". GREAVES (English) Topographic name from an Old English word meaning "brushwood" or "thicket". It's also a habitation name from a place named with this word. On is in Lancashire. It is sometimes confused with "Grave" and "Grieve". CRABTREE (English, Scots) Topographic name for someone who lived by a crabapple tree. It may also been a nickname for a cantankerous person. Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges also LITTLEWOOD (Scots, English) One who came from Littlewood in Lanarkshire; seller by the little wood or grove; one who came from Littleworth (small homestead), in Berkshire. Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by E.C. Smith Barbara kenneth littlewood wrote: > Does any one know of these and could offer help > > Joan Littlewood > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp