MANZANARES - (Spanish). A manzanar is an apple. The word can also mean a "neighborhood" or block of houses. The famous concentration camp for Japanese and Japanese-Americans is named Manzanar. I will try to find a better explanation that this. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: LaChance Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:30 PM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] MANZANARES MANZANARES (Spanish) The definition says "collectives" and then the name. I'm not sure what that means unless it is a group of people who have this name? Anyway, it comes from the Spanish name MANZANO, a topographic name for someone who lived by an apple tree or orchard, from the Sp. "manzano" (apple tree). The word originated from a type of apple tree named in honor of the 1st century BC horticultural writer Gaius Matius. ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara ritacjk wrote: >Hello, >I'm looking for any information on the origins/meaning >of surname; "MANZANARES" > > >============================== >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

Manzanares = apple orchards Manzana = apple manzana = a city block Elvira ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] MANZANARES > MANZANARES - (Spanish). A manzanar is an apple. The word can also mean > a "neighborhood" or block of houses. The famous concentration camp for > Japanese and Japanese-Americans is named Manzanar. I will try to find > a better explanation that this. > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: LaChance > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:30 PM > To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] MANZANARES > > MANZANARES (Spanish) The definition says "collectives" and then the > name. I'm not sure what that means unless it is a group of people who > have this name? Anyway, it comes from the Spanish name MANZANO, a > topographic name for someone who lived by an apple tree or orchard, from > the Sp. "manzano" (apple tree). The word originated from a type of > apple tree named in honor of the 1st century BC horticultural writer > Gaius Matius. > ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. > Barbara > > ritacjk wrote: > > >Hello, > >I'm looking for any information on the origins/meaning > >of surname; "MANZANARES" > > > > > >============================== > >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 >