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Origin of Ber Total Records: 148  Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: The name Goldsborough can be traced back to a town named Goldsborough in West Riding Yorkshire, England. Richard de Vessey took the name of the town when he recieved a manor from the king. His name was then Richard de Goldesburgh, during the 1200s. Descendent Nicholas Goldsborough came to America and the name was changed a little. Surnames: Goldesburgh, Goldsberry, Goldsboro, Goldsborough Submitted by: Brian Boehme Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: I know that the family Taber came from the island of Moen in Denmark and that parts of the family later changed the name to Tabor. I have quite a bit of information about the Taber family. Surnames: Taber, Tabor Submitted by: Claus Frimand Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: In researching the French-Canadian side of my family, I have located the surname Bernabe. All of the ancestors I am researching were born in Quebec, Canada, in and near St. Thomas De Pierreville. For now, we can say that the name is of French origin, and that there was a concentration of at least a family branch of Bernabes in Quebec between 1830 and 1900. Surnames: Bernabe Submitted by: Coni Faucher-Perry Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: From what I know, this name came from Ireland, county Offaly, or Queens county. Surnames: Bergin Submitted by: Cynthia Bergin Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: surname umberger has its origin in the village of flums in switzerland the name means one who lives in or near the high mountains from research notes of the umberger/umbarger family book by arthur umberger of penn. Surnames: Umbarger, Umberger Submitted by: David Umbarger Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: surname umberger has its origin in the village of flums in switzerland the name means one who lives in or near the high mountains from research notes of the umberger/umbarger family book by arthur umberger of penn. Surnames: Umbarger, Umberger Submitted by: David Umbarger Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: German Surnames: Duda, Luck, Lueck, Bohmann, Ebert, Pfeiffer, Howard, Shetler, Schettler, Shettler, Stephens Submitted by: dianna Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: According to my knowledge the name HUBER described a farmer who owned a small patch of land 'hube', which was just big enough to feed one cow or horse. [from German word 'Huf' (hoof)] Surnames: Hoover, Huber Submitted by: Hubert Huber Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: In Scotland, the Gibsons were highlanders, a family in the Buchanan Clan. Surnames: Gibson, Gilbert Submitted by: Kathleen Gibson-Ferris Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: The name Beaver came from Germany and is classified as nickname origin. It probably came about with someone working hard like a beaver, or looking like a beaver. One of the earliest Beavers was Wernherus Biber from about 1226. He was from Zurich. This names crest is a crown. Surnames: Beaver, Bever, Biber, Bieber Submitted by: Krysta Beaver Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: It's Swedish Surnames: Westberg Submitted by: Peter Westberg Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Believe it is either English or Scottish. English more so. Surnames: Berry Submitted by: Randy Scott Berry Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Lichten - light berg - mountain or hill. Surnames: Lichtenberger, Lighthill Submitted by: Richard Lighthill Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Seibert has it's origins as a Germanic Patronymic name. It has 40 some-odd variations in spelling and pronunciation. It's original spelling came from two root words, 'siege' and 'beraht', meaning 'victorious & brilliant one, famous'. These two words combined, create the earliest common form of 'Siegbert'. Before World War I and during the Austrian Monarchy, it 'became' predominitely a 'Jewish' name, and for that reason was eventually avoided by non- Jews. It is often confused with the more common name of 'Siegfried', which means 'victory & peace'. Names such as these are cate- gorized as the 'victory' names, used to depict terms of battle or warfare.... Siegbert: Victory-Bright Siegfried: Victory-Peace Sigismund/Sigmond: Victory- Mountain These names are now commonly depicted as Seibert, Siefert, Simmonds, & Simon.... As a Jewish name, these are possibly descriptive of the tribe of Simeon(Shimon)... commonly the Jews used the 1st sylabble of a German name to depict the tribe they were thought to be from, in this case the Hebrew letter 'Shin'. Surnames: Segerbarth, Seiber, Seiberlich, Seibert, Sibert, Siebens, Siebert, Siebertz, Siebken, Siegbert, Siegbrecht, Zeibert Submitted by: Robert C. Seibert Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Barrows is a location name, meaning dwelling by the grove, or dweller by the hill. English surname Surnames: Barrow, Barrowe, Barrows, Berrow Submitted by: Sandy Holladay Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: From Norway. Surnames: Solberg Submitted by: Staci Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Our original CHAMBERS ancestor was Simon Peter LaShambres or LaChambres. He was French living in Great Britian during the outbreak of the Revolution. He escaped to Savanah, GA with a price on his head and set up shopkeeping there. The spelling was anglicized CHAMBERS. The CHAMBERS family moved to Irwinton, GA in Wilkerson Co. after the Rev. War and lived there for many generations. My great grandmother was Laura Chambers m. Samuel A. Hatfield prior to the Civil War. Susie M. Thomas Surnames: Chambers, Lachambres, Lashambres Submitted by: Susie M. Thomas Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Hirschland, Alsace, France. Surnames: Beaver, Beeber, Biber, Bieber, Biever Submitted by: John W Bieber Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Spangenberg is a 'name of origin,' relating to the town of Spangenberg, southeast of Kassel in Central Germany. In the Middle Ages, people started leaving the small villages of their birth and moving to towns. When they arrived in the towns all they were known by was their Chirstian name - Hans, Fritz, Klaus, etc. However, there were a lot of people named Hans and Fritz and Klaus. To differentiate from one another, they took their birth town as their surname. For example, Hans von Spangenberg. The 'von' indicates 'from.' Eventually, the 'von' was dropped from the name. Surnames: Spangenberg, Spangenberger, Von Spangenberg Submitted by: Clayton D. Spangenberg, III Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: German, oldest known mention is in Malchin, Mecklenburg about 1450. Surnames: Cobernus, Cobernuss, Kobernuhs, Kobernus, Kobernuss, Kobernusz, Kubbernuss, Kubernuhs, Kubernus Submitted by: George Kobernus Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Originally, the Danish name was 'de Yarburgh' This ancient family migrated to the area of Yorkshire, England and eventually three brothers came to America and the spelling of the name changed to several different variants, but all the variants are from the same family. Surnames: Yarber, Yarberry, Yarbro, Yarbrough, Yarburgh Submitted by: Elizabeth Yarber-Beavers Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: The name came into existence about 1790 in Krakow, Austria at the time when Emperor Joseph II issued his 1789 edict concerning the registration of Jews and assigning a Germanic surname to the family. Surnames: Silberfeld Submitted by: Alfred M.Silberfeld Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: ZumBerge zum means to or from. Berge comes from Old High German Berg and Old Norse Bjarg and both meant 'hill or mountain Surnames: Zumberge, Zum Berge Submitted by: Kathy Weaver Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: My family oral tradition states that the name derives from the French province of Berry, and that it arrived in England during the period of the Norman conquest. This seems entirely plausible, though again, I'm not speaking with any authority on the matter. Surnames: Berry Submitted by: Craig Berry Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Westpreussen Surnames: Siebert Submitted by: Guenter Mielczarek Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Nickolas & Mary Roberts in North Georgia mid 1850, Married in Madison County Ga Surnames: Roberts Submitted by: John Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Family trees Surnames: MacUmber Submitted by: Robin Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Other spellings Eberlin, Eberline, etc. My family originally came from Herrenbreitungen, Germany, but have contacts with other Eberlein researchers from around the world Surnames: Eberlein Submitted by: Skip Murray Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Lem Boyd born before 1890's in MO I believe. Surnames: Berkley Submitted by: Ruth Waters Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Researching BERNA and related surnames Surnames: Berna Submitted by: Monty Berna Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: James (L. or S.) Chamberlin Possibly b Connecticut. M Cornelia Gazlay 1818 Presbyterian Church, Greene County, New York. Moved Cincinnati. Ohio. Had 3-sons: Theodore, James & William Gazlay Chamberlin. Died 1843 in explosion while fighting a fire at a pork factory in Cincinnati. He was Captain of volunteer fire company. Surnames: Chamberlin Submitted by: Marilyn Chaney Ertel Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: southern california Surnames: dolberry Submitted by: Sir Larre Le Francois Dolberry II Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: looking for my fathers parents,george and mary cook,my fathers name was Elmer l cook of sioux ciy,iowa.Elmers sisters name was dorothy,Elmer was born in ElDoaro Mo.in 1912 and died 9-7-88 in sioux city iowa.can anyone help me out, tank you very much.i hear that they called my dad cookie,if that helps. Surnames: Hanenberger Submitted by: Robert Kermit Cook Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: All Knappenbergers of the US are tied together as one family back to Wuerttemberg (Germany) Surnames: Knappenberger Submitted by: Sue Knappenberger Appleton Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Family history/family tree from 1500's in Wuerttemburg to America up to present day. Surnames: Knappenberger Submitted by: Sue Knappenberger Appleton Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Searching for ancestors/descendants of Andrew (Andreas) Miltenberger. Known residence St. Louis. 1870-1824 (born Germany 1839) Wife: Mary Diedrich. Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Josephine, William, Dina. Surnames: Miltenberger Submitted by: Colleen Miltenberger Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Ancestors and descendents of Les M. Mock and Lucinda 'Cindy' Roberts of GA. Surnames: Roberts Submitted by: phoennix@netzero.net Origin of Ber, Meaning of Ber Origin: Daniel J. Roberts son to Abraham A Roberts Lowell Mass. 1880's Surnames: Roberts Submitted by: Mary 11/8/2009 7:18 PM Page 1 of 4

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