JEFFERIES (English) Patronym of JEFFREY, from the Norman personal name that appears in Middle English as "Geffrey" and in Old French as "Je(u)froi" HAMILTON (Scots. and N. Irish) Habitation name from what is now a deserted village in the parish of Barkby, Leicestershire. The name comes from Old English "hamel" (scarred, mutilated, crooked). Some bearers may also derive their name from the town founded by the Hamiltons, rather than being members of the Norman family who first bore it. One place the name does NOT come from is the town of "Hamilton" near Glascow. This town's name is derived from the surname rather than the other way around. WOODBINE ? LAWES (English & Scots.) Patronym of LAW, a pet form of Lawrence. LOOK (N. England & Scots.) Variation of LUCAS. THOMPSON (English) Patronym of THOMAS which is English, Welsh, Cornish, French, German, Dutch/Flemish, and Danish/Norwegian. HOUGH (English) Habitation name form any of various places (Cheshire and Derbyshire), the name coming from Old English "hoh", meaning spur of a hill (heel). RAVENSCROFT (English) Habitation name from a place in Cheshire (Raven + "croft", paddock, smallholding). CUSWORTH (English) Habitation name from a place in W. Yorkshire. ALSOP (English, chiefly Midlands) Variation of ALLSOP, a habitation name from "Alsop" (valley) in Derbyshire. ASKIL ? ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara frances lawes wrote: > Thank you very much, that was for a friend - can you also find information > for me on:- > Jefferies, Hamilton, Woodbine, Lawes, Look, Thompson, Hough, Ravenscroft, > Cusworth, > Alsop and Askil? Hope that's not too many to ask for. Thanks. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 3:38 AM > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Krause > > > KRAUSE (German) Variation of KRAUS, German & Jewish (Ashkenazic) nickname > for > > someone with curly hair. > > ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > > Barbara > > > > frances lawes wrote: > > > > > Can anyone tell me the origin of the surname Krause please? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "LaChance" <lachance@ccis.com> > > > To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 2:48 PM > > > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Bitter and Krasuski > > > > > > > BITTER, BITTERMAN, BITTERMANN (German) > > > > 1- One who gathered alms in the town. > > > > 2- One who worked for another on a farm. > > > > ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith > > > > > > > > KRASUSKI - couldn't find this one but did find a close one: > > > > \ KRASUKHIN (Russian) Variation of KRASNIKOV, patronym from the > nickname > > > "Krasnik" > > > > (Handsome One). > > > > ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia > Hodges. > > > > Barbara > > > > > > > > Dreamcatcher wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I am hoping that someone might be able to tell me the origin of > the > > > two > > > > > surnames > > > > > Bitter and Krasuski / Kruzewki. > > > > > I am at a brick wall to even start researching these two lines. Any > and > > > all > > > > > help would be deeply appreciated > > > > > Thank you all > > > > > Patti > > > > > All outgoing email was checked by Norton Anti Virus 2002 and is > Virus > > > Free. > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > 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 > > > > ============================== > 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