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renormalised (Carl) · #**141** 10-11-2009, 12:57 AM

Here's some more...

Berkeley, Badlesmere, Montacute, Chaworth, de Burgh, Montfort, Joinville, Dammartin, Courtenay, Shepherd, Brooks, Wiley, Reed, Hartmann

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**142** 16-11-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by renormalised

Here's some more...

Berkeley, Badlesmere, Montacute, Chaworth, de Burgh, Montfort, Joinville, Dammartin, Courtenay, Shepherd, Brooks, Wiley, Reed, Hartmann

Berkeley- From Berkeley in Gloucestershire
Badlesmere- Not in there
Montacute- From Montacute in Somerset
Chaworth- Not in there
De Burgh- From a place called Burgh
Montfort- From a French place called Montfort
Joinville- Not in there
Dammartin- Not in there
Courtenay- From Courtenay in Loiret or Isere
Shepherd- "Shepherd"

Brooks- From brook in Kent or Rutland
Wiley- From a town callled Wiley
Reed- From Reed in Hertfordshire
Hartmann- Not in there

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**143** 17-11-2009, 07:33 PM

Anyone?

Outbackmanyep · #**144** 17-11-2009, 07:38 PM

Hancock??

renormalised (Carl) · #**145** 17-11-2009, 09:51 PM

Here's some more....

Spencer/Despencer, Washington, Churchill, Fisher, Robinson, Ward, Delaware (de la Warr), Stonor, Seymour, Roosevelt, Banastre, Hitchen, Goaler, Gambrill, Swain, Kennedy, Sonter, Coulthart, Sevil, Rooney, Garrihy, Westaway, Ransley, Payne, Morley, Callcott, Chipperfield, Gore

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**146** 17-11-2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep

Hancock??

A form of the word 'Hann'.
They are found in Shropshire and Yorkshire.

Hope this helped.

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**147** 18-11-2009, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by renormalised

Here's some more....

Spencer/Despencer, Washington, Churchill, Fisher, Robinson, Ward, Delaware (de la Warr), Stonor, Seymour, Roosevelt, Banastre, Hitchen, Goaler, Gambrill, Swain, Kennedy, Sonter, Coulthart, Sevil, Rooney, Garrihy, Westaway, Ransley, Payne, Morley, Callcott, Chipperfield, Gore

Spencer- "Dispencer of provisions" A Butler or Steward
Washington- From 'Washington' in Durham or Sussex
Churchill- From a town called 'Churchill' or one who lives on a church-hill
Fisher- "Dweller by the enclousure of catching fish"
Robinson- Son of Robin
Ward- A 'Beacon' or "Watching, guarding"
Delaware- "Dweller by the Wier"
Stonor- From 'Stonor' in Oxford
Seymour- From 'Seamer' in Yorkshire
Roosevelt- Isnt in There
Banastre- Isnt in There
Hitchen- From "Hitchin" in Hertfordshire
Goaler- Isnt in There
Gambrill- Isnt in There
Swain- means "Swan"
Kennedy- "Ugly head" (No Kidding)
Sonter- isnt in There
Coulthart- Not in there although propbably is related to "Colt"
Sevil- From "Sainville" or "Saunville"
Rooney- Isnt in There
Garrihy- isnt in There
Westaway- Dweller to the West?
Ransley- From an unidentified place in West Riding
Payne- Means 'Pain'
Morley- From a place called "Morley"
Callcott- means "Cold-Huts"
Chipperfield- From "Chipperfield" in "Hertfordshire"
Gore- "A dweller by a triangular piece of land"

Are some of these celebrity names?

renormalised (Carl) · #**148** 18-11-2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by seanliddelow

Are some of these celebrity names?

No, but they're all names from my family tree. Some of them are of very famous people...not celebrities as such but very prominent people.

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**149** 24-11-2009, 09:32 AM

Anyone else?

peterl · #**150** 24-11-2009, 09:58 AM

Hi Sean,
Can you look up name "LANGDOWN"
My dad moved from Dorset in England to Aus when he was 3 years old.
thanks

Peter Langdown
peterl

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**151** 24-11-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by peterl

Hi Sean,
Can you look up name "LANGDOWN"
My dad moved from Dorset in England to Aus when he was 3 years old.
thanks

Peter Langdown
peterl

It originated from "Longden".
From Langdon in Dorset.

Satchmo · #**152** 24-11-2009, 11:31 PM

My surname "Suchting" translates closest to `addiction' in German, which certainly describes so many things in my life

gel · #**153** 25-11-2009, 08:26 PM

not to complex ,surname = little

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**154** 25-11-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by gel

not to complex ,surname = little

From Old English word 'Lytel'

The early littles could be found in Northamptonshire and Suffolk.

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #**155** 25-11-2009, 10:37 PM

My science teacher would say 'waste with two l's'

I think he is in an asylum now - pity!

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**156** 25-11-2009, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

My science teacher would say 'waste with two l's'

I think he is in an asylum now - pity!

Wastell is originated from the Old French word "Wastel".
This means "A cake or bread made of the finest flour".

Matt Wastell (Matt) · #**157** 28-11-2009, 05:41 PM

The finest flour hey - I would expect nothing but!

FredSnerd (Claude) · #**158** 28-11-2009, 08:22 PM

Hey Sean.

This might be interesting. A few years ago I was travelling in Venice and I noticed that a common surname there was Bevilacqua, which translated literally into English is Drinkwater. (Bevi = Drink, Lacqua = Water). So I got to thinking. Did the Bevilacquas migrate from Italy to England or the Drinkwaters migrate from England to Italy.

So I guess what I'm asking is what does your book say about the origins of the name Drinkwater.

Regards

Claude

GrahamL · #**159** 28-11-2009, 10:45 PM

While i know my mothers side

http://www.rampantscotland.com/famous/blfamflora.htm
my grandfather born Late 1880's who nearlly went the 100 years
could recite the family tree by name and probably met a few of the older generations I guess.

My fathers Layt .. cant really get any idea ,,the best I can do is that possibly this surname was abbreaviated (french maybe) after a sentance was served .. though I can"t find records I did get a phone call from a dediacted researcher once who mentioned this was fairly common in our early days in that if you did the time or were pardoned
a name change removed a little of the stigma of a convict past .

seanliddelow (Sean) · #**160** 29-11-2009, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by FredSnerd

Hey Sean.

This might be interesting. A few years ago I was travelling in Venice and I noticed that a common surname there was Bevilacqua, which translated literally into English is Drinkwater. (Bevi = Drink, Lacqua = Water). So I got to thinking. Did the Bevilacquas migrate from Italy to England or the Drinkwaters migrate from England to Italy.

So I guess what I'm asking is what does your book say about the origins of the name Drinkwater.

Regards

Claude

Yes, it does. It applys to a man so poor he was unable to drink ale, even though it costed Four gallons a penny. It was used ironically for tavern keepers. The name may have came from England.