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Old 02-11-2009, 08:52 PM
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Are you Scottish or Irish?
A mixture - German, Aboriginal and Irish. Try my mother's maiden name - Carter.

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Old 02-11-2009, 08:53 PM
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Mine means amp maker LOL
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Old 02-11-2009, 08:54 PM
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Soames and Althray?
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Old 02-11-2009, 08:55 PM
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Thanks Sean. I'll tell me wife. She'll be thrilled.

What about Hardy. Thats the other side of her family
Hardy means "Bold, Courageous". they are from Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Berkshire.
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Old 02-11-2009, 08:56 PM
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Soames and Althray?
Soames is from Soham in Cambs, Suffolk
Althray isnt in the book.
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Old 02-11-2009, 09:00 PM
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A mixture - German, Aboriginal and Irish. Try my mother's maiden name - Carter.

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Carter means "charioteer" and it is of Scandinavian origin. They are from Huntingdomshire, Northamptonshire and Somerset.
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Old 02-11-2009, 09:11 PM
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Old 02-11-2009, 09:15 PM
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Could you tell me if Tuckwell is in there mate? Please tell me I'm not from a long line of bed-makers lol
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Old 02-11-2009, 09:17 PM
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Could you tell me if Tuckwell is in there mate? Please tell me I'm not from a long line of bed-makers lol
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Sorry, it isnt in there. I doubt it means bedmaker
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Old 02-11-2009, 09:23 PM
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Sorry, it isnt in there. I doubt it means bedmaker

Tuckwell...google search says you come from a lineage of plastic surgeons...
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Old 02-11-2009, 09:45 PM
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Lamb is a shortened version of Lambert. They come from Kent, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
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Tuckwell...google search says you come from a lineage of plastic surgeons...
Shame I didn't get the brains OR the steady hands for that profession. I'd probably be rollin' round in a Ferrari.
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Smith means 'Blacksmith, Smith and Farrier'. They are from Durham, Somerset, Oxfordshire and many other places.
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Old 02-11-2009, 10:03 PM
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Maybe we should all change our surnames to reflect the occupations (or whatever) that we have now. Why should we carry (in our surnames) the job descriptions of our great-great-great-great grandfathers? And how is that relevant to our lives today?

Just some food for thought...
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I just like the historic feel
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Tilbury?
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Mine's not Anglo but wife's is Hawken...
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Mine's not Anglo but wife's is Hawken...

Jennifer???!!! Wow, lucky man!

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