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Origin: The name Duewall is the English rendering of the German surname D?well/D?wel. The family were residents of Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany as early as the 1700s (documented) and possibly as early as the 1400s (undocumented). They attended St. Jakobi Evangelical Lutheran Church i
Surnames: Duewall, Duwell
Submitted by: Diane Duewall Smith

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Origin: German
Surnames: Duda, Luck, Lueck, Bohmann, Ebert, Pfeiffer, Howard, Shetler, Schettler, Shettler, Stephens
Submitted by: dianna

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Origin: According to Roots Research Bureau LTD of Ny Ny-the name Duncan is of ancient Gaelic & Celtic orgin. It was possibily derived from the words donn and cath, in which case it means Brown Warrior. Some family historians think the name was first used by King Duncan, son of Malcolm II of Scotland. He was killed 1040 by Mac Beth. The Scottish clan Duncan originated around 1355.
Surnames: Duncan
Submitted by: Elsie Wright

Origin of Du, Meaning of Du

Origin: Of french/canadian origin
Surnames: Ledoux, Leduc, Leduke
Submitted by: JacQue Howard

Origin of Du, Meaning of Du

Origin: DuBreuil is a derivation from old French Breuil = Marshy woodlands.
Surnames: Dubreuil, Dubrey, Dubray
Submitted by: Jane M Venne

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Origin: Hi - The name duggan, as requested by the Christine Dugan is Irish in origin, chiefly around west ireland in the counties of Mayo and Sligo. Katie
Surnames: Duggan
Submitted by: Katie Gilchrist

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Origin: Family from Mer, near Blois, France---south of Normandy.
Surnames: Dumenil, Dumesnil
Submitted by: Richard Culbertson

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Origin: Frenc
Surnames: Pardoux, Pardue
Submitted by: TERRANCE GORDON PARDUE

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Origin: The surname DUSKIN, as far as that which pertains to its origin in north Alabama, originated from the surname DESKINS during the mid 1800s. Local recorders of county records may have misrecorded the Deskins surname as Duskin or Duskins. This happened for certain in Alabama and Iowa with different branches of the Deskin(s) lines from Virginia.
Surnames: Duskin
Submitted by: Terry D. Lee

Origin of Du, Meaning of Du

Origin: I'm posting this in response to the great number of inquiries I deal with about the origin and meaning of Meredith. Firstly, contrary to a lot of information I've seen (including the American Websters dictionary), the name has nothing to do with the sea whatsoever. It does not mean 'Guardian of the Sea', Protector of the Sea or any other such combination. The original spelling was Maredudd - pronounced 'Mredeeth'. That's right - there's no mention of the 'E' following the 'M'. In the Welsh language and in English speaking Wales, the accent and stress is always on the Penultimate syllable, the modern pronunciation is therefore - 'Mer-ed'-ith. The incorrect pronunciation that strikes the name outside of the Welsh borders is the one widely accepted in the U.S. and the rest of Britain, which curiously causes 'Merry' to be a suitable shortening?! To those of us who are Welsh it is grating to the ears to say the least to hear our name so mutilated! Other seemingly unrelated but correct pet or short forms of the name are PRIDDY, PREEDY, PREDDY, BEDO, BEDDOES etc. The final element of the original spelling, 'udd' means 'lord'. The same element is present in the ancient form of Griffith i.e. Gruffudd. The first part of the name has often been
Surnames: Maredudd, Meredith, Meredydd, Meredyth, Merideth
Submitted by: Richard J. Meredith

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Origin: Grandfathers came from St. Saturin city of St. Messan, diocese of Poitiers poitou, France.
Surnames: Duplessis, Duplessy
Submitted by: Thomas A. Duplessie

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Origin: This surname seems to have originated in a misspelling of the name Dunnel, or Donnel which is Irish. The family begins in 1660 in Topsfield MA and the name is first found spelled that way in the records of Topsfield. The original settler Michael Dwinell, is also known as Michael Dunnel, Dwonil, Dwonnil, Dwennel and several other spellings.
Surnames: Dwinell, Dunnel, Dwinnel,Dwonil,Donnel
Submitted by: John Quigley

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Origin: It's from France and when that family came to the U.S.A. there were 2 brothers and they wanted to part company. One chose the orginal spelling and the other changed the spelling to Duket.
Surnames: Duket, Duquette
Submitted by: Lyn Duket

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Origin: This surname is Scots-Irish. The Scots were driven from the Scottish Lowland's and settled in Ulster,Ireland. There are a great many fine resources worth researching. I've been at it for many years and still haven't found a line that connects to mine. Happy Hunting
Surnames: Dougan, Dugan, Duggan
Submitted by: J.A.Williams

Origin of Du, Meaning of Du

Origin: From: Early History of Dyrham House, Dyrham Park, Glos

"The name DYRHAM is generally thought to derive from the Saxon ?deor-hamm? meaning deer enclosure. If so, then Dyrham is amongst the oldest deer parks in the country.

Another derivation is the British ?dwr? meaning water. The numerous springs in the hills form a brook which once ran close by the Stablrs.

Dyrham is first metioned in the Saxon Chronicle of 891 AD. This records that in the year 577, Ceaulin, the king of the West Saxons, and his son Cuthwine killed 3 British kings at Deorrhamm together with many of their followers, thereby capturing 3 important cities ? Cleancester, Cyrenceaster and Bathanceaster. The battle enabled the Saxons to reach the Bristol Channel and cut off the Welsh Britons from their allies in the South West and was therefore was a significant victory. Hinton Hill, a mile from Dyrham, has terraces and earthworks which are thought to be the remains of a Saxon Settlement."

Given the above information, it can be conjectured that the linguistic origins of the surname DERHAM may have led to more than one group of people with the surname who arose separately and unrelated. The Saxons were all over Britain and therefore so was their language. They were prolific on the east coast, which explains the large DER(E)HAM family (more about them later) in the villages of the same name in Norfolk. Regional accents provide for the modern day differences in spelling.

As for DURHAM, the above quote provides for the city in the north of England and also some people with this surname BUT as all we DERHAMS know, even today we can still spell out D-E-R-H-A-M to people and they STILL write it incorrectly! I have found my DERHAM ancestors on censuses as DURHAM, DARHAM and god knows what else.

There are also the 2 villages in Norfolk, England called East and West DEREHAM. The DER(E)HAM family were nobility and landowners in this area for many years - a few hundred. They intermarried with the HOWARDS, the BOLEYNS (aka the BULLENS), the CULPEPPERS, the DANVERS, and the VILLIERS families to name but a few. It is conjectured that when Francis Der(e)ham was executed on December 18th 1541 at Tyburn for having relations with King Henry the 8th's wife Katherine Howard, his (Francis Der(e)ham's) brothers fled Norfolk to the West Country (hence the concentration of Derhams in Somerset even now) and one to Ireland (expl?). Until recently this was just Family Oral History. My good old (!) Dad somehow came into possession of a book that documents the DERHAMS of Norfolk and gives a serious case for the DERHAMS of Somerset being descended from THOMAS, brother of FRANCIS DERHAM. Dad also has the family tree of DERHAMS in Bristol who link to our own line in North Curry. The data he has lines up with the data in the book ... the actual physical proof that links my Somerset and Bristol DERHAMS hasn't yet surfaced but the names in the book and Dad's family tree are almost a perfect match. Watch this space! For those of you also in my line, you will have noticed the intermarriages mentioned above - we might be related to not only headless Francis, but also Katherine Howard, Anne Boleyn, another of Katherine's boyfriend called Thomas Culpepper and Henry VIII by marriage! Away with ye, peasants!

I was once told that DERHAM is a possible translation of the surname FARMER - from which language, I don't know.

There is the French surname DE RHAM and the dutch VAN DER HAM.

I recently found a website (on the DERHAM Links Page) concerning an IRANIAN by whose name was DERHAM. This is the most remarkable information I have come across yet!

There was also a vast estate in Ireland called DERHAM - but it has yet to be proven whether the family that named it was Irish or English (possibly a link back to the brother of Francis Dereham?)

From Phillip Derham:

Of Jutish stock - allegedly from a 9th century Jutish family (headed by Alaric?) in what is now Norfolk.

In the C14 and C15 served the Dukes of Norfolk as major domos

An alternative derivation of the surname is a mis-spelling of the name of a famous (?C8-9th) battle in south west England called "Deoram" or something similar.

Where factual evidence is available, a Derham was the English ambassador to the Papal Court during Charles II's reign, but we have been unable to link him to our family.

My (Phillip) great grandfather, Frederick who was born in England, made and lost money in the 1890s land boom here, and, while he had the money, applied for a grant of a coat of arms. That was granted, but with a different crest to that of the C17 Ambassador, suggesting that my great grandfather was unable to identify a relationship over the 2 centuries. Interestingly, an Irish Derham family also has a similar coat of arms, but instead of one deer's head, their shield has 3 deer's heads and a different crest.
Surnames: Derham, Dyrham, Dereham, Durham, Darham
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Origin: I am looking for a coat of arms for the Duffitt surname
Surnames: Duffitt
Submitted by: Zarah

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Origin: I am trying to confirm parentage and ancestors of William DuPree, b1797 prob Wake Co, NC. Married Nancy Holloman in Wake Co. I have some info, but no documentation, that William was the son of Haley DuPree, b 1757, prob VA married Bettie Clark b 1759 in VA. Haley's father was Haley b 1757 prob in VA married Susannah Garris. Haley's father was Louis DuPree, b before 1700 in France, married Larance Ellerbee, date unknown. Seeking documentation sources.
Surnames: DuPree
Submitted by: Kim DuPree

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Origin: Descendants of Jean Zacharie Bolduc and Euprhoseine Doyon of Beauce County, Quebec and Hennepin & Wright County, Minnesota.
Surnames: Bolduc
Submitted by: Teri Cochran Allred, AG, CGRS

Origin of Du, Meaning of Du

Origin: Dupont families of Vercheres County, Quebec and Hennepin County, Minnesota
Surnames: Dupont
Submitted by: Teri Cochran Allred, AG, CGRS

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Origin: Ancestors and descendnants of John William McCleaf (1879-1954)...lived in Adams County, PA...married Laura Celestial Stremmel of Lineboro,Carroll County, MD. (Biological father was a Frantz)
Surnames: Du Bois
Submitted by: Erin McCleaf-Bolling

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Origin: Arrived US in 1967, f. John 46, m. Caroline 45, sons Carl 19, Phillip 15, Jacob 11, and Fredrick 4. Remarries to an Elizabeth Mink and has two additional children Adam and Eva in Pa (1872-1876). Find them in Ks on the 1880 census. They remain there until @1888. In 1900 I find Phillip in KS and John,Elizaqbeth and Adam in PA.
Surnames: Dunkel
Submitted by: Barbara Harvey

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Origin: Family History\Geneology as far back as possigle : all countries
Surnames: Duquette
Submitted by: Sheila McKillop

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Origin: Does anyone know the parents of William Durham b.1773 m. Catherine (unknown)
Surnames: durham
Submitted by: Norma J.

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Origin: german,sweedish and international,please help
Surnames: radue
Submitted by: ANGELA

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Origin: A Frenchman from France
Surnames: Cabelduc
Submitted by: Michael Cabeldue

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Origin: I am looking for any children of George Fredrick Duckhorn born May 7,1933 died Aug 1977 in Chicago, he was my father and remarried after my mom and him divorced.
Surnames: Duckhorn
Submitted by: James Duckhorn

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Origin: DURHAM'S of early PA. 1700 and earlier
Surnames: DURHAM
Submitted by: David B. Durham

Origin of Du, Meaning of Du

Origin: Essex, UK 1700-1800
Surnames: Duffy
Submitted by: Thomas Peeke

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Origin: Hi, I'm from Poland, and I want to meet other people with Dubis surname
Surnames: Dubis
Submitted by: Przemys?aw

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Origin: The family of James DURRANT and Elizabeth NEALE (m. Ipswich, Suffolk, England c. 1814). Particularly interested in the descendants of their son William DURRANT and his wife Martha WILKINSON.
Surnames: Durrant
Submitted by: Samantha Brownlie

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Origin: Family originated at Duddleston near Ellesmere in Shropshire England. My ancestor is Peter born 1822 (inn-keeper)
Surnames: DUDDLESTON
Submitted by: Eric Jones

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Origin: Recherche g?n?alogique sur mon anc?tre et ses descendants Andr? Renaud dit Desmoulins. Plusieurs de ses descendants ont adopt? le patronyme Dumoulin
Surnames: Dumoulin
Submitted by: Michel Renaud

Origin of Du, Meaning of Du

Origin: From what my grandparents have told me, Hegedus means "Fiddle" or "Fiddler" ( violin that you play without sheet music ) in Hungarian...
Surnames: Hegedus
Submitted by: Michael

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Origin: I am blocked. We have Confederate release that says John R. Duran was born in Shelby Co., Ala; but can't confirm or find other relatives. Mother is Ester Smith. Can't find when she married a Smith
Surnames: Duran
Submitted by: Karen Duran Dean

Origin of Du, Meaning of Du

Origin: duerksen surname originated in Holland (dutch origin) 'son of Dirk
Surnames: duerksen
Submitted by: Judy Duerksen Evans

Origin of Du, Meaning of Du

Origin: Some of the noblest families of France have been those whose names have been in the Huguenot history. For centuries prior to the reformation their names had become famed for distinguished services. One of these old famous French names is DuPuy, or it is also spelled, DePue, DuPuis, DuPew, Depuy, DePuis, DuPue and Depew. It is mentioned in the history of the county in the eleventh century, and was found in the southeastern section where LePuy, two hundred and seventy miles a little southeast of Paris, is the capital town of Haute-Loire, province of Languedoc. In the tenth century its name was Podium Sauctae Mariae, and it sent the flower of its chivalry to the crusades in 1096. Joining Haute-Loire on the northwest is the department of Puy de Lonie, province of Auvergue. Louis Moverie (1643-80), a French historian, says 'DuPuy is an old house prolific of illustrious men.' It is almost certain it had its origin in France. In 1033, when Conrad II. united to the German Em! pire two burgundies, he appointed Raphael DuPuy, who held the office of commander of the Roman cavalry and grand chamberlain of the Roman Republic as governor of the conquered province of Languedoc and Dauphiny, whose descendants became possessors of many fine estates. HisHistory of West Virginia
Surnames: DePue, DuPuy, DuPuis, DuPew, Depuy, DePuis, DuPue, Depew
Submitted by: History of West Virginia

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Origin: Kadunc surname originates from Slovenia and is spread all over the world. Those moved to USA mostly settled in Ohio.
Surnames: Kadunc
Submitted by: Borut

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Origin: Dutton

Anglo Saxon origin Dun Tune
means Town on a hill
Surnames: Dutton
Submitted by: glitz