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Origin of Jacks Total Records: 5  Origin of Jacks, Meaning of Jacks Origin: Dropping the tail off the high german Y results in an I. My great grandfather, Hinrich Cyriacks, upon immigrating to Wisconsin from the Bremen area of Germany in the 1870s allowed his name to be spelled Ciriacks, thus beginning the largest extant branch of the family going back to the 3rd century A.D. He has more than 400 descendents. The original name, either Cyriac, Cyriacus, Quiricus or Cyriax, depending upon whether Latin, Greek, or ancient German is used, is Greek and may have meant DEDICATED TO THE LORD when initially used around 2000 years ago.%0a%0aSee an example of the high german spelling at http://ciriacks.cyriac-fhp.com%0a%0a%0a Surnames: Ciriack, Ciriacks, Cyriacks, Cyriaks, Cyriax, Cyriacus, Ciriaco, Cyriakus, Kyriacou, Quiriaco, Zirjacks Submitted by: Ben Ciriacks Origin of Jacks, Meaning of Jacks Origin: looking for info on Jackson/Decker ancestors from Pittsburgh,Pa/Ohio area cira early 1900. Surnames: Jackson Submitted by: Laura Origin of Jacks, Meaning of Jacks Origin: i need the orgin and an in depth meaning of the last name Surnames: Jackson Submitted by: Jennifer Jackson Origin of Jacks, Meaning of Jacks Origin: SOLVE THIS MYSTERY:ELIJAH COLIN MERCER b 18 Dec 1892 Brooks Co Ga,draft dodger WW1.came to Ocala,Marion Co Fl(1916?) AKA J.B.JACKSON.d abt 1965.I recall the nanme of close friends:LANES,& CROWS.Help me solve a missing link in my JAMES MERCER FAMILY TREE. Surnames: JACKSON Submitted by: Evelyn MERCER Pelton Origin of Jacks, Meaning of Jacks Origin: My mother was a born "Jackstadt". my mother was born in 1926 in Allenstein, East-Prussia, today Olstyn, Poland. I believe the name is of old prussian origin, other forms may ba Jakstad or similar. The name has no obvious meaning in the german language, though it carries the syllabe "Stadt" which means town or place in German. Surnames: Jackstadt Submitted by: Rüdiger Basche 2/17/2012 1:47 PM Page 1 of 1

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