"uska" surname suffix
Hi,I would like to know if anyone knows what the meaning of the surname suffix "uska" means. I am researching a family name with that suffix and while I know the family is Polish, because they lived in...
View ArticleFirst name of Behethland
Can anyone give me some background on this first name for girls born in the mid-to-late 1700's in Virginia?
View ArticleIs Pency a Nickname
My 5x great grandmother is named Pency and was married more than once. I cannot find a record of her first marriage even though I know the last name of the man she married. I am wondering if it because...
View ArticleRe: First name of Behethland
Most likely it is related to Robert Behethland, one of the first settlers of Jamestown. His daughter Mary was born in 1614 or 1615. About 1631 she married Captain Thomas Bernard of Warwick County, who...
View ArticleRe: Search for Ontong surname origin
Hi BernadetteMy mother's maiden name was Ontong. They lived in Paarl. My remaining aunts believe that the surname was Chinese in origin, perhaps from Ah Tong. I think there might be some truth in this...
View ArticleRe: SURNAME: SARAN
Hi Jacob, I heard that my ancestors were related to Leyb Sarah. Do you know his descendants? How many children he had? Thank you. Ella
View ArticleRe: Origin of Surname Gondorchin
VladkaBy any chance you know Craig Gondorcin https://www.facebook.com/groups/2203971582/
View ArticleGiven name: Bersina
Any idea of the origin of the given name Bersina for a female in Upstate NY in 1837?
View ArticleRe: Changing Surnames
If they spoke only German then most likely the official checking their documents would have converted their german name to the Americanized version. My Dutch Family arrived in the U.S. with their...
View ArticleRe: Pedanic(sp?)/Frances Santospirito
Hi Nancy - I know it's been quite a while and this is a long shot, but are you still looking for Pedanic? That is my grandmother's maiden name, and I'm also trying to trace the name. I've found some...
View ArticleSurname Gummow from Queensland Australia,
My Mother in-laws maiden name Gummow, we were told it was a french name, but was changed from Gummo to Gummow in Australia.
View ArticleRe: Search for Ontong surname origin
Hi All,I am Arnout de Leeuw and it seems that i have a connection with an Ontong in the family. I look a bit chinese too. See 123andme.com or Ancenstry.com and search for Arnout de Leeuw. I was born in...
View Articleorigin of Offspring
Does anyone have any suggestions re the origins of Offspring as a first name? I have now discovered it in two different families. Originally I thought that when a child was born the parents didn't have...
View ArticleARE YOU A MOCCO?
From the 19th through the 20th centuries, individuals with the surname Newball, were called Mocco. From the 2nd half of the 1800's onwards it was perceived as an innocuous term. In a sense it was...
View ArticleCowan - Castlewellan, County Down?
Patrick Cowan, born about 1820, is said to have come from Castle William, County Down. Would this actually have been Castlewellan? He immigrated to Dubuque County, Iowa, married Mary McClean in 1845 at...
View ArticleRe: Original French surname for Washburn family
https://www.darsaal.com/names/muslim-religion-baby-names.htm...
View ArticleOriginal French name for Washburn family
https://www.darsaal.com/dictionary/english-french-dictionary...
View ArticleRe: Looking for origin of family surname
I know this is an old post, but thought I'd reply anyway.I've just found an ancestor, Margaret McWillie, of Inveravon, Banff born in the 1750s. She married a Stuart.Her son Robert Stuart is named in...
View ArticleOrigin of Surname Brestel
I'm trying to figure out where the surname Brestel originates. I know there are Brestels in Germany, but I understood that it may actually have originated in France in either the Normandy or Loraine...
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