dont know if you have this information: WADE the irish surname wade has two possible origins. one is native irish, derived from macquaide, which is patronomyc in origin, coming from the personal name of the father or other ancestor of the original bearer.it is an anglicization of the irish mac uaid, meaning "son of war". the other possibility is that it originated in england and was brought to ireland by english settlers. in this case it is of local origin, derived from the norman-french word "wade" meaning "ford", and indicates that the original bearer resided near a ford. the former (wade or macwade) originated in the county monaghan and adjacent areaas; the latter is found in all the provinces and records date to the 13 century. one of the earliest references to the name dates to the middle ages and one john wade of ballymore-eustace, county kildare and for some time after that they can be found in several leinster counties. by the 17 century the name had spread to waterford and in census of 1659 they appear there as the "principal irish name" _________________________________________________________________ Descargue GRATUITAMENTE MSN Explorer en http://explorer.msn.es/intl.asp