Total Records: 29
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Proviene de inglaterra viaja a america del sur y se radican en el Uruguay.
Surnames: Read
Submitted by: Carlos Read |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: English :occupational name for medieval court official, from Middle English bedele (Old English bydel, reinforced by Old French bedel). The word is of Germanic origin, and akin to the Old English b?odan to bid, command and to the Old High German bodo, messenger. (See BOTHA).In the Middle Ages a beadle in England and France was a junior official of a court of justice, responsible for acting as an usher in a court, carrying the mace in processions in front of a justice, delivering official notices, making proclamations (as a sort of town crier), and so on. By Shakespeare's day a beadle was a sort of village constable, appointed by the parish to keep order.
Surnames: Beadel, Beadell, Beadle, Bed, Beddall, Beddell, Bedeau, Bedel, Bedell, Bedle, Beedle, Biddell, Biddle, Bittel, Buddell, Buddle, B?ttle, Pedel
Submitted by: Ian Beadle |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: STEADHAM is one of the many spelling variations of the surname STIDDEM. Timen STIDDEM (later anglicized to Timothy STIDHAM) was an immigrant from Sweden in the 17th century to New Sweden, now Wilmington, Delaware. All of Timen's children and grandchildren spelled their surname as STEDHAM. By the 4th generation, most of Timen's descendants began spelling their surname as STIDHAM, the same spelling that Timen had used to sign his surname in his will. The exception to this was the descendants of Timen's son Benedictus STEDHAM. His descendants had moved south and west and today are congregated mainly in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Texas. The letter 'A' in the first syllable 'STEAD' began to appear in documents relating to STEADHAMS during the mid 1800s.
Surnames: Steadham, Stedham
Submitted by: Richard L. Steadham |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Anglo-Saxon origin, coming from the word 'Ead,' which indicates 'wealth, prosperity, joy or bliss.' In the 10th century it became common for younger generations to be distinguished from the senior by adding 'son' to the original name. Richard Edson (b. about 1510) was buried in the churchyard of 'All Hallowes' (All Saints) Church, Fillongley, Warwickshire, England in 1558. Refer to 'Edsons in England and America,' by Jarvis B
Surnames: Ead, Eade, Eadson, Ed, Ede, Edeson, Edison, Edson, Eede, Etson
Submitted by: Sherry Jakey |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Alledgedly, 'Eads' had its origin in the early use as nicknames of the diminutive forms of Anglo-Saxon personal or baptismal names such as Eadweard, Eadmund, Eadwine, Eadgar, Eadgyth
Surnames: Ead, Eade, Eades, Eads, Ede, Edes
Submitted by: Todd Eads |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: McCreadie', is the original spelling for this surname. It is on a 1120 A.D. census roll in Ayrshire, Scotland, to determine the rate of taxation. McCreadie, (and all it's variants), were a distinguished Donegal family in Ireland, who were hereditary Scribes and Poets to the Kings of Orgiall and were displaced by the intrusion of Scottish families in what was known as the 'Plantation of Ulster', They moved to the norhteast into Scotland and settled at Peirceton in Ayrshire where they also acquired territories near Stranrawer. Many families migrated back to the ancestrial home of Northern Ireland to flee religious persecution. Alot of them were banished from Scotland, to the Colonies, Australia, or to the Carolina's. During the U.S. war for independents, McCreadie allegiances were divided. Some remained American, while others became United Empire Loyalists and moved to Canada.
Surnames: Maccreadie, Maccready, Mccradie, Mccrady, Mccraedie, Mccraedy, Mccreadie, Mccready, Mccreedie, Mccreedy
Submitted by: Tracey(McCrady)Daly |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: This name dates back to King Peada of the Mercians born in 0634. His son, Penda was also king. He was born 0594 and died 0654. He was king of the Mercians from 0632 - 0654.
Surnames: Peada, Peede, Peed, Pead
Submitted by: Donna (Peade) MacBrayne |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: MEADOWS of Wigan, Chorley and Pemberton, Lancashire, England.
Surnames: MEADOWS
Submitted by: Mike McCammon |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Looking for Hollingshead ancestors from Leicestershire from 1600s.
Surnames: Hollingshead
Submitted by: Caroline Cavanagh |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Is there any link to Whitehead's from Germany?
Surnames: Whitehead
Submitted by: John Whitehead |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Head family, lived in the Thompkins, co. N.Y. and Tioga county P.A. area in the 1800's.
Surnames: Head
Submitted by: Marianne Pearson |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Any Meadowcrofts living around the Bolton, Bury and Radcliffe areas of Lancashire, England in 16th.C onwards.
Surnames: Meadowcroft
Submitted by: Roy Meadowcroft |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: I'm Looking For Daniel Perry Springstead Of Tioga New York Or Orange Cty New York In The Mid 1800's
Surnames: Springstead
Submitted by: P K Harris |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Looking for origin and ancestors of George Eade and his wife Hannah of Upper Beeding West Sussex, England in late 18th century.
Surnames: Eade
Submitted by: Stanley Clute |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: I would like to find out the origin of the last name Reader, if you could help me out in anyway i would appreciate it. thank you
Surnames: Reader
Submitted by: robert Reader |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: MARY JANE 'POLLY' HEADY born: 2-5-1801 VA; died: 7-20-1845 Wayne Co, IL married: ABRAHAM MARTIN ca: 1823-24 seeking info/relatives/descendants to share info
Surnames: HEADY
Submitted by: Laura L. Horton (Martin) |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Looking for information on Lawrence T Wead's parents (he was born in Xenia,OH 9-25-1901) father was Charles Wead, Mother Frances Moore Wead. any info is appreciated.
Surnames: Wead
Submitted by: Jenny Wead-Pfitzer |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Reade: comes from the word Red, meaning, the red lips of the ladies of the court (England).
Surnames: Reade
Submitted by: |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Halstead
English origin means Healthy place
Surnames: Halstead
Submitted by: glitz |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Meador
English origin means dweller by the meadow
Surnames: Meador
Submitted by: glitz |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Moorhead is the English Spelling of the Name Muirhead Believed to be derived from the place in Scotland called the moors and or head of the moors however it is becoming more and more apparent that the name is from one of the sons of Muireadoch of the Kings of Ireland known to have come over to Scotland in the 6th century and known to be a Clan very ancient.
Surnames: Morehead, Moorhead, Moorehead, Muirhead
Submitted by: Ben |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: The Encyclopedia of American Family Names, by H. Amanda Rbb and Andrew Chesler (1995: Harper Collins) lists, on page 683, the following information: Whitehead: Origin: English, Irish, Scottish. For the English and Scottish versions, it's derived from the Middle English "whit" and "heved," meaning, respectively (and not too surprisingly) white and head. It was a name given to those with light-colored or white hair.
In Ireland, it's a mistaken translation of Canavan, a name predominantly found in Connemara and other parts of County Galway.
Surnames: Whitehead
Submitted by: Daniel J. Kane |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: What is the origin of the surname Halstead and does the name change when the Halsted name came from England to New York State.
Surnames: Halsted- Halsted - Holstead
Submitted by: John Halsted |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Eade es un vocablo libanes, que proviene de Ade, que significa Adan. Al ser proveniente del libano, se confirma el hecho de que el apellido es de origen celta, y llego a Asia Menor en una de las tres grandes invasiones celticas. Su escudo de armas mas antiguos lo confirma.
Surnames: Eade
Submitted by: Juan |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: MEAD - dweller by the meadow land
Surnames: MEAD
Submitted by: John Mead |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: The name Beadle is derived from the Norman Boodle, Buddle, Biddle and others. Originally in England a Beadle was a minor court official who carried the Mace in Royal Processions. Over the years the position diminished until it came to mean a Parish Disciplinarian. The modern equivalent would be a policeman. The name may also be spelt Bedel, Beadel, Beadell etc.
Surnames: Beadle, Bedel, Beadell, Beadal, Biddle, Buddle, Bootle
Submitted by: I.L.BEADLE |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: History of the surname Cakebread.
By Glenn Richard Cakebread.
The Earliest known record so far comes from just after the Norman Conquest. Written in Latin, the Pipe Rolls of Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire where Aedwinus Cacabred was mentioned (together with two other brothers) in 1109 in what appears to be a land dispute. Aedwinus Cacabred was referred to as ?a farmer in the flour trade? and was possibly a branch of the Hereward Family.
In 1396 John Cakebread donated money to the church of St. John, Burford, Oxfordshire.
There are three references to William Cakebrede in the University of Oxford Chancellor?s Court records for the year 1501.
After that, the earliest records are from the Parish Registers in a wide area around Bishops Stortford in what is now Hertfordshire but was once part of Essex. It is possible that this is because the records here were preserved better or that the records were first kept here.
When I get asked about the origin of the name Cakebread, it is often assumed that they must have been bakers of cakes and bread. No doubt there would have been someone somewhere who went into this trade. But since the name dates back to at least 1109 and is probably a lot older than this date it is likely that the meaning has changed over time. Therefore I started to wonder what Cakebread might have meant almost 1000 years ago. The literal translation of a ?Cake? and ?Bread? today would not necessarily be the same as in 1109. Today we speak Modern English from around 1500 A.D. Before that from 1066 A.D. after the Norman Conquest Middle English, and before that Old English or Anglo Saxon as it was known, was spoken. Since it is reasonable to assume that not everyone overnight from 1066 spoke middle English and that it may have taken a few years in various parts of the country to change, It is likely that Old English was still very much used in 1109 A.D. Also, you were unlikely to translate your name into a conquering nations language. Would you suddenly say that you wanted to be known as Pierre instead of Peter? It sounds completely different even if they are supposed to be the same name.
CAKE
Today we know the word cake to mean a pastry made with butter, eggs and some sort of sweetening agent. But this was not always the case. As with many words cake has gradually changed in general meaning. It could also mean 1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake. 2. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size.
Old English borrowed the word from Old Norse kaka; it is related to cookie (from Dutch koekje), but not, despite the similarity, to cook. O.E. Cake, Kaak; akin to Danish Kage, Swedish and Icelandic Kaka, Dutch Koek, German Kuchem and Old High German chuocho. In Gothic and Icelandic the c is entirely wanting, being always represented by k. It is remarkable that the Anglo-Saxons have seldom made use of k; but, following the Latin, have preferred the use of c. Circa. 1230, from O.N. kaka ?cake,? from W.Gmc. *kokon-,?something round, lump of something.? Not related to cook, Originally (until c1420), cake was a term for a flat round loaf of bread (it is the ?shape? element in it?s meaning that lies behind more modern usages such as ?cake of soap? or ?it?s caked up?). It is not until the 15th century that we find it being applied to foodstuffs we would now recognise as cakes, ?let them eat cake? is from Rousseau?s ?Confessions,? in reference to an incident c.1740, when it was already proverbial, long before Marie Antoinette. The ?cake? in question was nor a confection, but a poor man?s food.
?What man, I trow ye raue, wolde ye bothe eate your cake and haue your cake?? (?The proverbs & Epigrams of John Heywood,? 1562)
To form into a cake or mass ?caked? (thickly encrusted) is from 1922. The expression piece of cake ?something easy? seems to have originated in the 1930s.
BREAD
We use the word ?bread? in modern English to mean a ?loaf?. But in Old English times if you wanted bread you would have used the word ?hlaf?, which is where loaf comes from. Hlaf was replaced by 1200 with bread. Bread probably in Old English times meant simply ?(a piece of) food, ? ?a morsel of?, ?crumb?. In Slovenian kruh means, ?bread,? Literally ?a piece?, from P.Gmc. ?brautham? (Old Norse brot, Danish brod, German brot), perhaps the O.E. word derives from a P.Gmc. ?braudsmon?- ?fragments, bits? (Old High German brosma ?crumb?) and is related to the root of break.
But since bread was among the commonest foods, the word bread gradually became more specialized, passing via ?piece of bread,? ?broken bread,? to simply ?bread,? The alternative spelling of brede could point to a different meaning. Various spellings occur brede, braede, braedu, braedo in Old English meant breadth or broadness, the suffix ?th (as in length. (Long/length, wide/width, broad/breadth) being added to the noun brede in the 16th century. This was an ancient formation, directly derived in prehistoric Germanic times from *braid-, the stem of broad. It came into English as broedu. Broad?s close relatives are widespread in the Germanic languages (German breit, Dutch breed, and Swedish bred), pointing to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *braithaz, but no trace of the word is found in any non-Germanic Indo-European language. The original derived noun brede was superseded in the 16th century by breadth.
Brad-hlaf, es; m. [braedan to roast, hlaf bread] a biscuit, parched or baked bread;
Braede, bred, es; m. [=braegd, bregd from bregdan to weave, braid, twist). Fraud, deceit; He hit dyde butan brede (braede) and bigswice, he did it without fraud and guile, Ic spaece drife butan braede biswice, I prosecute my suit without fraud and without guile.
Braed, plucked, drew out, p. of bredan.
Braed, e; f braedo, braedu; (brad broad; Latus) breadth, width, latitude; latittudo, amplitudo; -se arc fiftig faedma on braede the ark shall be fifty fathoms in breadth;
Braede, es; m. (bredan to roast)
Braede, an; f. The breadth; latum. V. lenden-braede.
Braed-panne, an; f. [braedan to roast, panne a pan] a frying-pan;
Braedu, breadth, width.
Braegd, bregd, es; m. [braegd, p. of bregdan to twist, braid, weave] deceit, fraud.
Bred, es; pl.nom. acc. Bredu; n. a surface, plank, table, tablet;
Bred, deceit
Bred, broad
Breda, ic brede, du britst, brist, he brit, bret, p. braed, pl. brudon; pp. broden, breden. 1. To weave, braid, knit, join together, draw, pluck; 2. To change, vary, transform; - Simon braed his hiw aetforan dam casere swa daet he wearp faerlice gepuht cnapa, and eft harwenge Simon changed his appearance before the emperor, so that he suddenly seemed a boy, and again a hoary man,
Bredan, to roast, broil, warm
Bredan, to make broad
Breden, Anglo-Saxon to make broad. To spread.
Bread, Akin to Old Friesian. Old Saxon brd. Danish Brood. German Brod, brot. Icelandic brau. Swedish and Danish Brod. The root is probably that of E. brew.
The verb ? to dress with bread crumbs? is from 1727. Bread and butter in the figurative Sense of ?basic needs? is from 1732. Bread-basket ?stomach? is slang from 1753 but bread-winner is from 1818. ?Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede. Tennyson. 1913. Slang meaning ?money? dates from the 1940s
The conclusion to this is that I think it is reasonable to assume that originally ?Cakebread? or the alternative old spelling ?Cacabrede ? meant a wide (bread) flat round mass of dough (cake) that was baked. Something perhaps similar to nan bread or small pizza base still to do with the baking trade but nothing to do with sweet pastries! Or maybe the ?bread? part just simply meant the roasting of the ?cake? of dough.
Glenn Richard Cakebread
38 Rushdon Close
Grays
Essex
England RM17 5QW
01375 381280
(+00 44) 1375 381280
Glenn_Richard_Cakebread@blueyonder.co.uk
Surnames: Cakebread
Submitted by: Glenn Richard Cakebread |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: Another Possible meaning could be from a Danish origin. Cake still means "Round" but the Bread or "Bred" in Danish means Shore, Bank or Edge. So perhaps RoundShore or RoundBank? Is this a place name discription? Or does this refer to the shape of an Anglo Saxon sword which was curved or "rounded" so the name of "RoundEdge" may be a nickname for someone who was warlike and held his blade as something very important to him?
Surnames: Cakebread
Submitted by: Glenn Richard Cakebread |
Origin of Ead, Meaning of Ead
Origin: The name Halstead is derived from the Old English hald (refuge, shelter) and stede (site, place), meaning 'safe place' or 'place of refuge'.
Surnames: Halstead
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