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Origin of Aw Total Records: 56  Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: A treeless place A section of Poland named Kujawia. Surnames: Kujawa Submitted by: Don Drimmel Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: This name is a Scottish name drived from two Scottish words, weard and laugh. (law) Weard means 'watch' and Laugh means 'hill'. (We have been called 'Weardlow' many times over the years. A Watch hill was used much as Paul Revere used Old North church. A lookout tower, only it was a hill, many of which are found in Scotland. Wardlaw and Wardlow are very well known in Scottish history and we believe the variance to be an aural misconception and the hearer just wrote down what they thought they heard. You may have been named Wardlaw just because your family lived very near one of these hills. Surnames: Wardlaw, Wardlow Submitted by: Donald Wardlow Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: I have recently found out that the origin of the surname 'Hathaway' or 'Hatheway', is from the Forest of Dean in England. The Hatheways of that time period were foresters. Surnames: Hathaway Submitted by: Jason Stewart Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: This name is from England. I can trace the roots back to England from 1600's Surnames: Croshaw, Crowshaw, Crusher Submitted by: Kathy Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Crawley (and Crowley) is a corruption of Crow-Ann-Lea, meaning that the first people of the name Crawley (and Crowley) lived on the crow (shady) side of Lea Hill, which is somewhere in England. Surnames: Crawley, Crowley Submitted by: Kimberly Crawley Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: 1610 , Des Champ, Had a son Son changed his name to Beauchamp, Beauchamp was changed to Boshaw by some of the Beauchamps migrating to the United states from Canada. Surnames: Beauchamp, Boshaw Submitted by: Lloyd Boshaw Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Daly and all it's variants derive from the ancient Irish Gaelic surname, (O'Dalaigh). From an ancient ancestor, named Dalach. O'Dalaigh means grandson, and or descendents of Dalach. Dalach, derived from the Gaelic word 'dal', meaning assemblyman. Surnames: Dailey, Daily, Daley, Daly, Dawley, Dawly, Dolley, Dolly Submitted by: Tracey Daly Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: The original Bradshaw name was formed in Lancashire, England from two words--BROAD & SHOL meaning 'A place by the woods' The original families were Saxons. Surnames: Bradshaw Submitted by: walter bradshaw Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: The Lawton family name comes from the name of the residence of its first bearers near Cheshire, England, circa 1043-66AD. This from one writer: 'Lautune (anciently called Lauton under Lyme)...was possessed by Godric in the time of [Edward] The Confessor, and became the property of Hugo de Mara... [May also refer] to the neighboring township of Buglawton, which down to a comparatively late period was often simply called Lawton. Surnames: Lauton, Lautune, Lawton Submitted by: Matthew Lawton Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: The surname apparently originated as Phawhope or Fawhope, in The Borders area of southern Scotland very early. It sometimes appears as Fop in the US, but this probably relates to the literacy of times. Adam de Fawhope was a juror on the inquisition pertaining to the rights of Robert de Bruce, Earl of Carrick (Black, George F. 1962 The Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York Public Library. New York, pp 659-660.) Surnames: Fawhope, Fawp, Fawup, Fop, Phaup, Phawhope Submitted by: Dr. John D. Phaup Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Possibly of Pictish origin, the sept originated from Leathlobhair, one of the kings of Ireland who died in 871.(Ireland was then divided in four parts, each mastered by one ' king ' ). Surnames: Lallour, Lalor, Lalour, Lawlor Submitted by: Patrick LALLOUR Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Believe family oringinated in Germany - name strawderman literally means 'man of straw' Surnames: Strawderman Submitted by: Kent Allan Strawderman Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Australian descendents of John & Eliza Rawlings Rawlings family Stapleford, Cambridge Rawlings family St Ives, Cambridge, England Surnames: Rawlings Submitted by: Paul Rawlings Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: trying to find info.on my grandfather John Lawlor b.Dromara Co.Down about 1870. Lived in Belfast. Married Martha Sharkey and had James, John, Mary, Daniel, Charles, David(my Father)Patrick and Terence. Would like to know who his parents were. Surnames: lawlor Submitted by: Roisin Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Joseph or James Lawrence McGraw b abt 1870. Parents may be J.A. & Bettie McGraw but not sure. He married Artymincy E.J.(Ella) Hall and they had 8 children. Surnames: McGraw Submitted by: Melissa Barker Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Yorkshire ENG.Braham Parish. Iam son oF Harry Pawson immigrated to Canada 1911 from Earby, Yorks.son of Issac& Have traced back to1756 via Braham. Surnames: PAWSON Submitted by: Trevor Pawson Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Various spellings in Bere Regis, Dorset, England 1750 - 1891. My web site http://jwilliams.accessgenealogy.com Surnames: Rawles Submitted by: Joy Williams Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: seeking info on Daniel Strawser, born abt. 1807, Ross co., OH. Died 1893, Marion co., OH. Parents? Children with 1stwife (Frances or Fanny Ramy). Surnames: Strawser Submitted by: robert strawser Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: i want to know the orgin and about the history Surnames: drawhorn Submitted by: brittany drawhorn Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Thomas Charles m Jane Woodroffe in Bishops Canning and they had 2 sons one of which was born 1859 and was my gg grandfather Surnames: HAWKINS Submitted by: Janet Karnovski Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: My name is Joyce. I am keen to trace my father's family. My father name was John Arthur Lawson - he died when I was three in 1955 in a bike accident. I am keen to know more about my father's family. My Mum never talked about my father side of family much. I am also keen to set up the family tree for my children's future. Surnames: Lawson Submitted by: Joyce Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Information sought on Thomas Shaw b 1806, Shurlach, Cheshire. Surnames: Shaw Submitted by: Walter_Jakeman Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Researching the surname Lawrence Surnames: Lawrence Submitted by: John Belchamber Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Robertshaw refers to a lost place-name in Heptonstall, WYRKS. Due to the family selling the barn for use as a baptist chapel to the greenwood family, the place robertshaw became know as the "Chapel at Heptonstall Slack". Surnames: Robertshaw Submitted by: jean novak Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: the polish and eastern european surname is based on a nickname. the term means "foot" so an original bearor may have been lame or had an unusual foot! its variants are noha and nogin. Surnames: noga, nogatski, nogawski Submitted by: n kulikowsky Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: From Cavaliers & Pioneers, 1623-66, vol I, II, III,Nugent records some of the earliest settlers in Viriginia: Phillipp Caudell, 13 Apr 1637; Antho Caudell, 8 Dec 1656; Augustine Caudle, 28 feb 1682/3; James Cawdle, 20 Oct 1691; John Caudall,28 Apr 1711; Stephen Cawdle, 25 Aug 1731; James Caudle, 24 Apr 1703. Surnames: Caudall, Caudell, Caudle,Cawdle Submitted by: Richard Caudill Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: The Lawrence family is one of the most distinguished in America, numbering among its members many who have become famous in the various walks of life. The family is of English ancestry and settled in Lancaster as early as 1150. Record is made of Robert Lawrence, of Lancaster, who distinguished himself at the siege of Acre and was knighted Sir Robert of Ashton Hall. From Robert Lawrence, of Lancaster, England, many of the Lawrences in America trace their origin. The first of this family to settle in New England was John Lawrence, who immigrated to America and located in Watertown, where on February 28, 1636, he purchased land. His descendants are widely scattered throughout the United States. Surnames: Lawrence Submitted by: History of West Virginia Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: The Hawley family is of English origin, four brothers of the name emigrating together to America in the early part of the eighteenth century, and landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Surnames: Hawley Submitted by: History of West Virginia Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: This is one of the most frequently met names in America. The present family is of Scotch origin. William Shaw, the founder of this family, came probably from Scotland, and settled in Monongalia county, Virginia, (now Preston county, West Virginia), in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Surnames: Shaw Submitted by: History of West Virginia Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Goldstraw Dialect plays a part THE SURNAME Goldstraw is a local variant of the placename Goostrey near Holmes Chapel, which is recorded as Gostrel in the 1086 Domesday Book, Gosetre, Gorstre during the 12th and 13th century, and Goulstry in the 17th century. Developed The placename was originally taken by Ekwall in his Dictionary of English Placenames as meaning the tree belonging to Godhere, an old Saxon name, but McNeal Dodgson in the Placenames of Cheshire proposes a hypothetical Old English word ?gorst-treow? in the sense of gorse bush or bramble. The local pronunciation of Goldstraw probably developed along the following lines. Just as the word ?cold? becomes the dialect ?cowd?, and with the inclusion of the intrusive letter ?l?, the initial part of the name would be easily associated with the word ?gold? and the original form of the name just as soon forgotten. Interestingly enough, the placename is still pronounced Goostrey, and hence, is closer to its original form. Edgar Tooth Surnames: Goldstraw, Goostrey, Goostree Submitted by: Martin Goldstraw Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Glory of God Surnames: boguslaw Submitted by: Jennifer Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: FANCHER: The origin of the Fancher surname in America is the English surname Fanshawe. "Fancher" and Fansher" have been determined to be colonial spelling variants of Fanshawe, along with "Fancy", "Fancye", Fansey, etc. Surnames: Fancher, Fansher, Fancy, Fanshaw Submitted by: Alison Wallner & Paul Buford Fancher Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Law Old English Lagu (pl Laga, comb form hah) Old Norse Log "law" collective pl of lag "layer" measure, stroke," Lit. "something laid down or fixed. Surnames: Law Submitted by: Glitz Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Wardlaw means watch hill (or hill they watched from?) Scottish origin Weard + laugh (law) Weard = watch laugh = hill Surnames: Wardlaw Submitted by: glitz Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Mauleby prounounced Molly--be Maule Gallo-Roman origin written in French means hill where a temple is for worshipping a god" by Scandanavian origin means clearing in woods or hall There is a place name Maule in France and Belgium Surnames: Mautley, Mawtley Submitted by: glitz Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Haute French origin means high Surnames: Hawte, Haut Submitted by: glitz Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Aubrey English origin means Rules with elf wisdom Surnames: Aubrey, Awbrey Submitted by: glitz Origin of Aw, Meaning of Aw Origin: Gannaway Surnames: Gannaway Submitted by: RG Dickey 2/17/2012 12:36 AM Page 1 of 2

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