ed is right - and additionally my german surname book says the name was given to quarrelsome people :-) and not to someone extra special brave or the like...as you might like to think ... jurgen *********************************************** Jürgen Rech Kreuzstr.15 D-37581 Bad Gandersheim Deutschland Tel: 05563 6576 Fax: 05563 910199 E Mail: jurgen.rech@t-online.de ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Beuchert <ewb@cloud9.net> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Query:HAUSCHILD > Hi Doug--- > > I would think it comes from "hau" and "schild", meaning "strike" and > "shield". > > Ed Beuchert > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Eyecheckup@aol.com> > To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 7:51 AM > Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Query:HAUSCHILD > > > > Hi all! > > I'm interested to know the meaning and origin of > > my surname, which is rare in America, but common > > in Germany: HAUSCHILD. Thanks for your help! > > Doug Hauschild > > Asheville,N.C. > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 >