The one that I knew was a first name. I think the last name was Miller, well known from Pearl Harbor. He was from Waco, Texas. Cecelia in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <[email protected]> To: "Don Granzow" <[email protected]>; <> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [TSL] Males named Doris- Its a surname > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Granzow" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 4:46 AM > Subject: Re: [TSL] Males named Doris > > >> On the Ship List for the Bark Johanna Elisa which arrived in New >> York from Hamburg, Germany on June 29, 1854 are three persons named >> Doris who are listed as males. >> >> Can anyone tell me if " Doris" is a man's name in Germany of if it >> is an abbreviation for another name, or if it has another meaning? > > Hi Don > Its just a surname. To quote an example there were 367 people who > had DORIS as a surname in the US 1860 census > And there were 20 X DORIS in my Australian phone CD for 2003 > > I dont know what its roots are . > > Bye > > > MargM > Beautiful NSW Central Coast > NSW > Australia > > > > ------------------------------- > visit TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message