Who wants to know what there last name means?

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

Originally Posted by nightstalker

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 .

It isnt in there, although it may have came from a town called Layton or Leyton.

[FredSnerd (Claude)]

Originally Posted by seanliddelow

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.

Yeah I think that suggests the name came from England. Now to be sure we need to find the equivalent Italian version of that book and see where it gets us. Hmmmmm

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