OWENS (Welsh) Patronym of OWEN which comes from the Welsh personal name OWAIN, possibly originating from the Latin name "Eugenius". DALTON (English) 1- habitation name from any of various places (Cumberland, County Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Yorkshire. The name originated from the Old English words for "valley" + "enclosure, settlement". 2- Norman habitation name from "Autun" in Seine-et-Loire with the added "de" ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara cuzinrootz@netscape.net wrote: > Hello ~ > > Can you tell me the meaning and origins of these names? > > OWENS: > > DALTON: > > Thank you > ~ Becky > > __________________________________________________________________ > The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.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

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Hello, WOHLHÖFER - person living on a farm called Wohlhof : -hof = farm, wohl = either good, or a derivation of Wolter/Walter (Germanic roots : walt = to rule + heri = army) IKERT - derived from the old German name "ekka" = blade Regards, Ingolf Vogel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lita Bower" <grammapux@charter.net> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 5:12 AM Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Wohlhöfer, Ikert and Gautsch I'm curious to the meanings of these names. Wohlhöfer, Ikert and Gautsch.