Gary, The Arnolds of Beaver Run (Mineral County) were German. A good reference is Allegheny Passage, 1990, by Dr. Emmert Bittinger. The Arnolds of Cacapon Valley were English. Wilmer -----Original Message----- From: GLRadcliffe@aol.com [mailto:GLRadcliffe@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 2:14 AM To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Arnold - Origin and meaning Arnold is an English name. While there are French and German versions of the name, Arnold remains English. The word is translated to mean "Eagle-Gracious," Eagle-Mighty" and related translations. While it is possible that a German immigrant named Aronholt changed his name or had it changed to Arnold, there is every reason to believe that the progenitor of this family was English. There were Arnolds in Virginia in the 1700s and also in England many hundreds of years ago. Gary Radcliffe glradcliffe@aol.com

The reason I asked the original question is along this line. I have seen about 10 spellings of ARONHOLT and all sound similar to ARNOLD. Germanic pronunciation almost all the ten are very close to ARNOLD. Another reason is I have a bit of info from 1800's that an ARNOLD had changed his name back to the old english spelling as ARONHOLT. Supposedly, this was a Mineral Co person. _______________ Personal experience. I wrote down most of the ancestral stories from my parents and some grand parents/uncles/aunts. Many proved to be twisted, to varying extent, but most had elements of truth. Additionally, the stories are loaded with clues that give me things/persons/places to search and disprove or validate. With the high level of proof, I feel the ones I could not validate were because I could not find the actual evidence. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilmer L. Kerns" <wlkerns@intr.net> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 4:40 PM Subject: RE: [WVHAMPSH-L] Arnold - Origin and meaning > Gary, > > The Arnolds of Beaver Run (Mineral County) were German. A good reference is > Allegheny Passage, 1990, by Dr. Emmert Bittinger. The Arnolds of Cacapon > Valley were English. > > Wilmer > > -----Original Message----- > From: GLRadcliffe@aol.com [mailto:GLRadcliffe@aol.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 2:14 AM > To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Arnold - Origin and meaning > > > Arnold is an English name. While there are French and German > versions of the name, Arnold remains English. The word is > translated to mean "Eagle-Gracious," Eagle-Mighty" and related > translations. > > While it is possible that a German immigrant named Aronholt changed his > name or had it changed to Arnold, there is every reason to believe > that the progenitor of this family was English. > > There were Arnolds in Virginia in the 1700s and also in England > many hundreds of years ago. > > Gary Radcliffe > glradcliffe@aol.com >