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Re: THE MEANING OF A SURNAME

Not true.

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Re: Origin of surname Romney

There is a town named Romney in East Sussex, England.

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Re: Salvia/LaSalvia/La Salvia

LaSalvia is an Italian surname...with Salvia meaning sage...so whether it refers to the plant or a philosophical guru is a question. Nice name, though.

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Re: What is the meaning or origin of the given name Submit?

Here is the time frame for Submit:Children of Susannah Graham and Jonathan Graves: Lydia Graves b. 1739, Concord, Mass. d. 18 Oct 1798 Judith Graves b. 24 May 1741, Concord, Mass. Submit Graves b. 25...

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Re: What is the meaning or origin of the given name Submit?

There's no telling if Submit was chosen before or after her father's death, but I would wager it was after. Since none of the other kids had names that fell within this convention, her naming had to be...

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Re: Name butchering? I have 5 diff spellings that ive come across in...

Where did you say they are from? I mean the family and not where you have seen the name.The wich ending is from English phonetic spelling. The one starting with Neil is not Euro. Numbers 2 & 4 are...

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Re: change of name

Do you have enough data on all these girls to separate them by the months and maybe days they were born? I'm not sure if this applies, but regarding the 1 year old who died....you know back then it was...

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Re: German Jews

Provide who, where, when.

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Re: possible tradition for naming in 1800s

Why not? People have always named their kids after someone they either loved or respected. We do it now, but admittedly, the people in the 1800s were a little over the top.

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Re: Surname of Chiewan

This is really a weird name. In the German language is would be pronounced chee-vahn...and that is not Germanic at all. Coming from Austria could mean something much wider -- the Austro-Hungarian...

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Re: Name butchering? I have 5 diff spellings that ive come across in...

They are from what is now geographically Ukraine, when they immigrated it was under Austrian control. They also list Galacia as home, so the part of Ukraine near the polish border. They have Ruthenian...

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Re: Name butchering? I have 5 diff spellings that ive come across in...

If I were you I'd contact someone in-the-know. I surfed and found a monastery in CA that is Ruthenian and I'm sure they would absolutely enjoy having a chat with you by phone or email (preferably by...

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Frank Dawson of Tumbarumba,

I am looking for information on Frank Dawson of Tumbarumba, Supposedly a vet of the American Civil War; 1875 arrived Sydney, was a miner at Tumbarumba (reference 10 February 1928 Tumbarumba Times).Can...

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Possible Persian name Marzian, but

no Persian in my DNA. Could the surname Marzian and any Persian or Caucuses DNA be outside the 20 generations? I found this name: Murtada Fayd ad-Din Marzian in an excerpt of "The Cambridge History of...

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Re: Frank Dawson of Tumbarumba,

No news article here, but from this side of the pond (US) I can tell you there were several Frank Dawsons who served in the Civil War. When you get ready to research them you'll have to provide some...

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Re: Possible Persian name Marzian, but

Marzian is not Persian but some sort of cross-over of Eastern Europe/Western Europe naming. It occurs in Prussia (now, depending upon which part, in Germany or Poland). Go to familysearch.org, click on...

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Re: Frank Dawson of Tumbarumba,

Francis Warrington Dawson,was born in London in 1841. That wasn’t his original name, however: Christened Austin John Reeks, he was born into an educated, upper-middle-class Catholic family. He fell in...

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Re: Frank Dawson of Tumbarumba,

Ah, I see. I just read some interesting details on the life of Mr. Francis Warrington Dawson. What a fascinating person and you must be delighted to have him as an ancestor. Being a Southerner myself,...

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Re: Frank Dawson of Tumbarumba,

It appears the information sent to me on Francis Warrington Dawson, though very interesting, cannot be the same Frank Dawson who is buried in Tumbarumba, as he did not die in Australia; so the search...

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Re: Possible Persian name Marzian, but

I found a Helene Marzian in Germany (West Prussia). I seem to keep returning to West Prussia in my searches. We have found some connections in Liv Ukraine. That didn't help clear up the origins of the...

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