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Origin of Bau Total Records: 26  Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Originates in Germany. Surnames: Buschbaum Submitted by: Brian Buschbaum Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Bauer-lein means peasant farmer, flax.Surnames were required to identify individuals for tax purposes sometime around the years1300-1400 and are identified in church recordsaccording to my reference (Howard Barnhart). He wrote a booklet on Andreas Byerly(Bauerlein) in April, 1991. Surnames: Bauerlein, Beyerly, Bierle, Bierly, Byerly Submitted by: dorothy srembo Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: From what I've read, the surname means 'ground thistle' in German. Surnames: Baudendistel, Bodendistle Submitted by: Kerri McIntosh Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Thibault : This family is from France. They are partially related to my family, the Thibeaults. My family started off as the Thibault's and then turned into the Thibeaults. Surnames: Thibeault, Thibeault, Thibault Submitted by: N. Thibeault Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Ozmia Labauve who m. Efienne Benoit from La. also looking for Placide Labauve m. Amilie Gary from Rayne,La. Surnames: Labauve Submitted by: Pattie breaux Jones Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Ancestors and Descendants of Louis Du Bois, Sr. (1626-1696)...from France to Germany to Ulster County, NY. to Lancaster and Adams Counties, PA. Surnames: Carbaugh Submitted by: Erin McCleaf-Bolling Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: This family came from Wetter, Niedersachsen, Germany, to America. There are several large branches, including Ohio, Indiana and Colorado. Surnames: Hannebaum Submitted by: Larry Christensen Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Looking for information on Weinbaur family of Darmstadt, Germany and IL, USA. Philip Weinbaur b. 5/1828 in Darmstadt, came to US and was in Civil War. Lived in Cook Co., IL, married Joanna Kline. d., after 1900. Surnames: WEINBAUR Submitted by: Jason S Colflesh Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: looking for info on Jacob Linebaugh of greene county,tennessee. Surnames: linebaugh Submitted by: martha basham Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: ISO desc. of John Lookabaugh b. Md or VA 1820? in Belmont Co OH 1840-1870. His minor son Wilbur is adopted into Baker family by 1880. Son Shannon still in county, and later in Stark Co. Surnames: Lookabaugh Submitted by: Alyce Healey Boser Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Mary Nussbaumer married Sam Peterman, their son, George Nussbaumer Peterman and her father, Jacob Nussbaumer. From Texas origin mid 1800's. Surnames: nussbaumer Submitted by: Robin Watson Watkins Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: beleive it means cherry tree in German Surnames: Kirschbaum Submitted by: Teesha Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: The present family name bespeaks a German origin. The very similar name Himebaugh is found in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, but Crawford county is not very near to Somerset, and it would be unsafe to assume family identity. Surnames: Hinebaugh Submitted by: History of West Virginia Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Herkunft: Mittelhochdeutschland Bedeutung 1:"b?ch" => "Schlegel,Keule" Bedeutung 2:"b?ch" => "Bauch" f?r einen dicken Menschen Surnames: Bauch Submitted by: ancestry-si.de Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Bauknight: Builders helper or farmers helper, according to people in Germany when I was visiting. Buaknight or Bocknight is from Bauknecht (german) Surnames: bauknight (bauknecht) Submitted by: diane bauknight Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: the French family name Archambault is classified as being of personal origin.According to scholars , such family names may be derived from parental first names or from a font name with regard to tthe family name we have a derivation of the old Germanic male given name "Ercan-bald from the latin Archambaldus here referring to the sons of the descendant of Arcambaldus .There are a various surnames such as Archambault, Archibould, Archbald, Archambaud, Archambeaud, among others.One of the earlies is a record of one called Feraud Archambaud,Seigneur of L'Escale in the year 1286,and recorded among the Frenchnobility as late as 1710.although some records are even earlierThe Grand Armorial of France refers to the family D"Archambaud-Languedoue which ramified strongly in the regions of Berry and Niverais one of the descendants . Jean Archambault was successively a Captain of the infrantry and Major Domo to the King.The family Bourbon-Archambault established it's ancestral homes in the regions of Auvergne and Burnaby. Surnames: archambault Submitted by: jeannine Edwards Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Plum-like-fruit Tree Surnames: Quattlebaum; Loewenstern; Parr Submitted by: Sam Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Baeckelandt: Origins of and Meaning of the Flemish Surname Variations of the name BAECKELANDT: BAKELAND BAEKELAND BAECKELAND BAKELANDT BAKELAND BAECKELAND BECKELANDT BAKELANT BAEKELANDT BAKALANDE BAKLANT BAKELANTS Also, BAECQUELANT BOCKLAND BOCKLANDT BOCKLAM BOCKELANDT BAUKELAND - In Flanders family names became general usage in the 12th century. - These were passed along from father to son of course. - The Council of Trent (1563) required pastors to record family names when two people got married. - But spelling was inconsistent even among siblings and between generations. - The earliest record of someone being said to come from a place by the name ?BAKELANDE? is in a reference book on topography on western Flanders that mentions in 1231 a ?Coram Waltero de Bakelande and Waltero de Warenghen? . - The earliest recorded mention of a surname kin is in 1281 under the form BAKELANT: Abraham dou BAKELANT of Avelgem . - At Kortrijk?s ?Kasselrij? the archives mention one Walterus dictus BAKELANT in 1316. - In 1368 a Jhan vanden Bussche is recorded as having changed his name to Jhan BAKELANDE . - Later at Herzeeuw (aka Herseaux) in 1398 a Symon, a Pieter and a Hennequin BAKELANT were already well known in the province of Henegouwen. - In 1449 one Jehane BAKELANTS, daughter of a Jans van CURTRIKE (Kortrijk?), is mentioned as a gatekeeper of Brugge . - The earliest reference I am aware of with the spelling as we make it is the birth notice of a Rogerius BAECKELANDT, born in Tielt February 14, 1619. However, his children spelled their names ?BACKELANT? and ?BACQUELANT? underscoring the inconsistency of the written versions of names and contrasting with today?s legal enforcement of a surname?s specific spelling. - The place name ?Bakeland? appears to have various origins. ?Bakeland? was the name of a feudal manor in Waregem and Deerlijk commonly recognized as early as the mid 14th century - ?Den Bake? is also the name of a strip of land in Berten (part of French Flanders now) in 1541 It is also a district in Poperinge in the 16th century: ?houc de bake?. And in Wingene around 1550 in parishes north of the churches we find places named ?Bakenhof? - To understand the meaning of the name we must break it up into its composite parts, ?Baecke? and ?landt?. ?Landt? of course means ?land? or ?country? or ?place? in English. ?Baecke? is more complex and has several origins. - The simplest reference to ?bake? (the original spelling for ?baecke?) is ham or bacon in Middle Netherlandish (the language spoken in the 1200s to 1500s) . - The other known reference to ?bake? found in Flanders in this period were to small poles or stakes, a few fists high, driven in as markers for shepherds on thoroughfares across cultivated fields . - According to a 1996 Belgacom (the Belgian telecommunications monopoly) electronic map, there were 457 households registered under the ?BAECKELANDT? name in Belgium at that time. Surnames: BAECKELANDT, BAECKELAND, BACKELAND, BAKELAND, BAECKELANT, BAECKELANDTS, BAKELANDT, BAEKELANDT, BACQUELANT, BAKALANDE, BAKLANT, BOCKLAND, BOCKLANDT, BOCKLAM, BOCKELANDT, BAUKELAND Submitted by: David Baeckelandt Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Feigenbaum: Yiddish, German, Austrian - Name meaning "Fig Tree", a tree associated with trees indigenous to Eretz Yisrael. Surnames: Feigenbaum Submitted by: Rashi Rosenzweig Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: From what I've heard, the name Farabaugh didn't exist until fairly recently when a couple brothers moved from Germany to Pennsylvania sometime between 1850 and 1857. The two brothers, that I know of, that moved to Cambria Co, PA were Augustin and Michael. Before they called themselves Farabaugh's, they called themselves Fehrenbacher's. Surnames: Farabaugh, Fehrenbacher Submitted by: Katie Rennie Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Little Tree Garden Baum garten = tree garden or orchard tel = petite or small, french diminuitive added later Possible Swiss influence? Surnames: Baumgartel Submitted by: Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: What does the Debolt name mean? German: variant of Diebold What does the Diebold name mean? German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements theud 'people', 'race' + bald, bold 'bold', brave (see Theobald) What does the Theobald name mean? English and German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the unattested element peudo - 'people', 'race', + bald 'bold', 'brave'. The English surname represents a learned form, re-created from French Theobald; the common medieval form of the name was Tebald, Tibalt (Old French Teobaud, Tibaut). Found on Ancestry.com from the Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 Surnames: DeBolt, Debolt, Diebold, Theobald, Tebald, Tibalt, Teobaud, Tibaut Submitted by: A. DeBolt Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: There is a Natural Reserve at Luxembourg called "Der Baumbusch", but the term is also used for "forest" or "wilderness"... We, therefore, can assume that when surnames were applied to first names, the Baumbusch ancestors were names for the place where they lived. Surnames: Baumbusch Submitted by: Aida Kraus Baumbusch Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: Tree at the end of the wilderness Surnames: Fiegenbaum Submitted by: K. Fiegenbaum Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: It means mountain tree. Surnames: Bergbaum Submitted by: Origin of Bau, Meaning of Bau Origin: French and German Derivative. The meaning typically is taken as "beautiful field of fowers." Surnames: Baucham Submitted by: Esilita Baucham 2/17/2012 11:19 AM Page 1 of 1

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