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Origin of Gey Total Records: 5  Origin of Gey, Meaning of Gey Origin: It is an early germanic surname that means two Gousehawks. These vulture type birds were used in early midevil days as a hunting birds. Surnames: Geyer Submitted by: Daniel Geyer Origin of Gey, Meaning of Gey Origin: Origin Urspring Alemania Siglo XV Surnames: GEYWITZ URIBE Submitted by: CHRISTIAN Origin of Gey, Meaning of Gey Origin: Have extensive collection on Amburgey family, going back to 1550 in Germany. Originally Amberger. Surnames: AMBURGEY Submitted by: Dot Origin of Gey, Meaning of Gey Origin: Looking for lineage of Hiram Paine Forgey who married Laura Brewer on Sept. 18, 1879 in Hood Texas. He is my great great Grandfather. They had four children, John, Charley, Lizzy, and George Sylvanis who is my grandfather. If you can help, please contact me directly. Thanks Surnames: Forgey Submitted by: Donna Forgey-Vose Origin of Gey, Meaning of Gey Origin: It is an ancient surname from the Franconian kingdom (today part of Bavaria, Germany). It actually means "vulture", and it equivalent to the modern german word "geier" (it has the same sound). Yo can find it as "gayer", "gaier", "geyer", "geier", or "gyr" (this last one is the original franconian word) Surnames: Gayer, Geyer, Geier, Gaier, Gyr Submitted by: Carlos Gayer 2/15/2012 6:24 PM Page 1 of 1

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