Total Records: 130
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Origin: Ireland
Surnames: Redmond, Dwyer, O'Dwyer, Magee, Coghlan, Coglin, Coughlin, Coglan, Coughlan, Shields, Malone
Submitted by: Arthur C Redmond |
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Origin: English people tired of Scotts invading their lands on Northern border. Brought in people from Norway. Gave them the land. Called them Medland or Middle man or Middle land.
Surnames: Medlin
Submitted by: Betty Lynch |
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Origin: The originator of the name is said to be the father of Brian Boru,(Breoghan) the family traces the origin to the nephew of Brian Boru- born Brian Mac Kennedie, which was an 11th century High King of Ireland. Spelled Cinneide, (or many other spellings, depending on the language or dialect.) The name found earliest in Tipperary,Ireland around 940A.D. It is Gaelic, first known to have settled in Glenomra(Killokennedy) then later in Ormond. Check out the Heritage Corporation, the Hall of Names, the LDS Church, The Irish and or Scottish Clans. History has the surname Kennedy more promenently used it is the same surname, or family. However, the lines of the family changed the spellings for various reasons/purposes.
Surnames: Canady, Caneday, Cannaday, Cannady, Kennedy
Submitted by: Clayton Cannaday |
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Origin: The spelling of Canedy is one of several varients, of the Irish Gaelic, 'Cinneidigh' or 'Cinneide' which are one and the same. My name is Cannaday, my gggrandfather used Canady.... ALL OF WHICH ARE THE SAME NAME... In English the name is spelled Kennedy still the same name... the Library of Congress recognizes 35 spellings with about 125 varients. Depending on the time frame researched, the family may be any number of nationalities. It started in Ireland. The name was changed to fit in with the language of the people, the branch of the family, in your line, lived with. The most accurate research I have discovered was done in Ireland and Scotland, by the Heritage Corp. through the different church parishes, CHECK OUT the LDS Family Centeres located in Ireland. You do not have to be LDS; I am not. Let me know what you find, I would be interested. The family motto (Irish )is:'The Strong Hand Uppermost' (Scottish) is: 'Consider the End'. There are (3) different Translated meanings for the name, 1.Helmeted-head, 2.Ugly-head, 3.Grim-headed. Some people think the description relates to the description of the character of the Chief of the Clan at the time-He was considered a mean person. Others feel that it relates to the coat of arms which isClayton Cannaday
Surnames: Canaday, Canady, Cannady, Cinnedigh, Cinneidigh, Kennedy
Submitted by: Clayton Cannaday |
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Origin: From several sources I find the Reding surname with one 'd' apparently comes from Luxembourg originating in the area around Meysembourg. I am however aware of Redings from Switzerland also spelled with one 'd', but I can find no connection between them and the Luxembourg line. Reddings with two 'D's' appear to have origins in England and Ireland.
Surnames: Redding, Reding
Submitted by: Dick Reding |
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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 |
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Origin: The Edgin Name origonated from Edgington, England where my father has traced our tree back hundreds of years. I don't have the patience for that, however, he does. Over the years, the name was trimmed down to Edgin for simplicity.
Surnames: Edgin, Edgins, Edginton
Submitted by: Jack Edgin |
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Origin: Of french/canadian origin
Surnames: Ledoux, Leduc, Leduke
Submitted by: JacQue Howard |
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Origin: Eddings originated from all info ive been able to gather...in Scotland and is a bastardization of the name Edin. The Eddings family were blood relatives of King James II of Scotland and were hunted down by the British Throne as they wanted to kill off any possible heirs to the throne...some of them escaped by coming to America. I believe the first Eddings in America to be William and Racheal Eddings who arrived near Frogmore,South Carolina in the late 1600s with a land grant given to them by the colony.
Surnames: Eddings
Submitted by: James Eddings |
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Origin: WIRSTEDT is a Swedish name. My 4 grt grandfather was Carl Wirstedt he was born 05 Mar 1789 in Virserum, Sm?land Sweden.
Surnames: Virstedt, Wirstedt
Submitted by: JoLeen Randolph |
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Origin: I believe the Tweeddale was changed when My grandfather traveled from Scotland to the US and told they changed the name the TWEEDALE to pronounce the name better. I am told the name originated because of the river of tweed.
Surnames: Tweedale, Tweeddale, Tweedie
Submitted by: Jon Tweedale |
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Origin: Scottish pond in a meadow
Surnames: Medlin
Submitted by: Linda K. Medlin |
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Origin: According to the New World Book of Schroeders, 'the surname Schroeder appears to be occupational in origin. Our research indicates that it can be associated with the Germans, meaning, 'one who made garments; a tailor; one who drove a dray; a drayman.' Although this interpretation is the result of onomastic research , you may find other meanings for the Schroeder family name.
Surnames: Schrader, Schroder, Schroeder, Schroter
Submitted by: Patrick Schroeder |
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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 |
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Origin: From Grisdale Tarn (lake) in the lake district, Cumbria, England... Grisdale means either 'Valley of the Pigs' or 'Grey Forest'
Surnames: Grisdale, Grisedale
Submitted by: Robert Grisdale |
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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 |
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Origin: my father is German born from Hannover but his family is originally from the region of Thuringen. There are apparently a large group of Maeder's there. The name is possibly Swedish in origin though (family rumors) but we don't know from when.
Surnames: Maeder
Submitted by: Susan Maeder |
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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 |
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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 |
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Origin: I have researched this branch of Frieds back to Werttemberg,Germany. They lived in Waiblingen near Stuttgart.
Surnames: Freed, Fried, Friede, Friedt
Submitted by: William F. Fried |
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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: The name Stapelton (as it was invariably spelt before Richard the Second?s time) is Anglo-Saxon. It means a 'trading village;' 'stapel,' a pile or heap, denoting a place where goods were collected and stored for sale?Dr. Johnson defines it, a 'mart or emporium'?and 'tun,' an inclosure or town. It was appropriate to a village like Stapelton, conveniently situated for commerce, on the border-line between the two provinces of Deira and Bernicia, at a point where the river was passable. But the term 'stapel,' or 'staple,' has long since lost its former signification. From being first applied to the place where goods were sold, it was next given to the merchandise sold there, and is now usually understood to mean the product for which the place is best known. The 'tun' was surrounded by an earthen mound tipped with a stockade or quickset hedge, with a ditch outside, and each township was thus a ready-made fortress in time of war.
Surnames: Stableton, Stapelton, Stapilton, Stapledon, Stapledown, Stapleton, Staplton, Stapulton, Stapylton, Stebelton, Stebleton, Stepleton, Steppleton, Steveldon
Submitted by: Steve Stapleton |
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Origin: The surname DAYTON is perhaps a weak form of DALTON or more probably a variation of DEIGHTON. The form DALTON is derived from the word 'dale', probably referring to the farm or habitation of the earliest English forbears of the American family of DAYTON. The name DEIGHTON is derived from the Danish and originally meant the dike enclosure of the farm by the dike. Variations of this latter form are DAITON, DATON, DAIGHTON, DAYGHTON, and DIGHTON. In early American records, DRAYTON was sometimes used interchangeably with DAYTON. It is recorded that a family, variously noted as DEIGHTON, DYGHTON, and DEYSON, as early as the thirteenth century resided in the vicinity of the hamlet of Deighton, in the parish of Deighton, in the east riding of Yorkshire. This hamlet is about four and a half miles south east from the present city of York. The early DEIGHTONs appear to have been for generations tenants of a farm on the Manor of Deighton. The Abbott of St. Mary's of York is named as the lord of the manor. The family at that time was of the yeomanry, but the family annals reveal a steady rise in both social and economic position.
Surnames: Daighton, Daiton, Dalton, Daton, Dayghton, Dayton, Dedeighton, Deighton, Dighton
Submitted by: Don Dayton |
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Origin: Ticino, Switzerland
Surnames: Dedini
Submitted by: Bill Betts |
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Origin: A branch of the family descends from a French knight named Arnaldo Bazan in the 10th century - he came to Spain to join the Spanish fight against the Moors. His descendents took the name Acevedo from a small town in Portugal with that name - it is derived the the word 'Acebo' - Holly tree.
Surnames: Acevedo
Submitted by: F. Joseph Ginorio |
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Origin: Originated in Hanover Germany as Ludeke - distorted during immigration and census - family using 'Lueddeke' basically all related due to split of family during court battle in Newark New Jersey
Surnames: Luddeke, Ludecke, Ludecker, Ludeke, Lueddeke
Submitted by: Barbara N Parker |
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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 |
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Origin: the surname (Alserda) I am examining exists in the North of the Netherlands (Holland) since about 1648. A family genealogy exists. I personaly think the name originates from a an ancient farm in Friesland ( a province in the North of the Netherlands) named Alseda. The name Alseda also exists in Sweden.
Surnames: Alseda, Alserda, Alzerda, Alzarda, Alseda
Submitted by: Jan Alserda |
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Origin: Freistett, Baden, kreis offenberg, Germany. The earliest recording of this name was in 1521
Surnames: Wiederrecht
Submitted by: Toni Perrone |
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Origin: A Jewish Israeli surname meaning "loved by God."
Surnames: Yedidyah, Solomon
Submitted by: Kate Yaffi |
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Origin: Ancestors and/or descendants of Francis A. MEDDAUGH (1823-1882) of Broome County, NY.
Surnames: MEDDAUGH
Submitted by: Suzan Kaye |
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Origin: Researching HEDGES family from Daviess and Ohio Counties in Kentucky as well as Logan County, Illinois.
Surnames: HEDGES
Submitted by: Kevin Miller |
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Origin: Bredenkamp family's that done some family research in Germany please would you contact me at bredem@intekom.co.za Marthie Bredenkamp South Africa
Surnames: Bredenkamp
Submitted by: Marthie Bredenkamp |
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Origin: Bredenkamp family's that done some family research in Germany please would you contact me.
Surnames: Bredenkamp
Submitted by: Marthie Bredenkamp |
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Origin: Jens Frederick Andread Pedersen B. 1885-1886 Denmark. Parents Jens and Anna
Surnames: Pedersen
Submitted by: Cheryl Coverly |
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Origin: French in origin, roots in Nova Scotia Canada. Looking for information on founding father, Anthony Fredericks. Possibly born in France and immigrated to Canada
Surnames: Fredericks
Submitted by: D. Fredericks |
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Origin: I am looking for info ON my grandfather and my blood line HIs name was phil or philias Bedard he walked to washington around 1900 from mass, it is said he was born in canada on augest 17 1877 or 1872 not clear on the year.
Surnames: Bedard
Submitted by: Bill Bedard |
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Origin: My g-gf George KNACKSTEDT came to US in the early 1860's. Rumor has it he was accompanied by 11 brothers and one sister. If you know of a large group that came from Germany at that time, I would love to hear from you. Might have IL. roots and ended up in St. Louis, MO. George died in 1915. He was married to Minnie STUHR.
Surnames: Knackstedt
Submitted by: Helen |
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