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Origin: Tony Warrior migrated from Nacogdoches to Mexico mid 18th Cen. I am looking for info on the Warriors in that area prior to their departure to Mexico.
Surnames: MCKEE
Submitted by: Umar Hassan
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: William Black McKeehan b.1842 KY d.1900 IL
Surnames: McKeehan
Submitted by: Alice Grimm Wilcox
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: North Central WVA and SW PA
Surnames: Keener
Submitted by: Jim Simon
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: William Keen, Russell Co. Virginia Henry Jasper Keen, Missouri Robert Patton Keen, Missouri
Surnames: Keen
Submitted by: Cindy Keen Horrace
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: john and mary keegan,lived in olyphant pa. looking for decendens of children, john,joseph,james, wilbur, elmer
Surnames: keegan
Submitted by: joyce keegan flynn
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: Michael McKeever, Born 1827, Died 1883 in Washington, DC. Father or James J....Married to Annie Ryder (1836 - 1905)
Surnames: McKeever
Submitted by: H. Michael Hawkins
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: I'm collecting as much info as possible on every McKee in Randolph County, IL, USA with the intention of publishing on the Web.
Surnames: McKee
Submitted by: Pamela Treme
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: Andreas Christian married Lydia Peck Munn. DOD Feb. 14,1854 age 43 Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, NJ
Surnames: Keehner
Submitted by: Sandra R. Hart
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: David J. DOD Aug 13, 1891 age 39 Woodland Cemetery, NJ
Surnames: Keehner
Submitted by: Sandra R. Hart
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: Langnau IE, Switzerland in late 1400's took the surname Gysi. This surname was based upon his occupation of being a whipper in those days a whipper was called a Gyseler. But Arst Gysi did not want this name because his brother had already taken it so he decided to be original and still base his name on his occupation but however change the spelling from gyseler to Gysi - Gysi was a whipper or chaser of wild dogs from the town as his brother and father were also, this name today in some places is spelt Geesey
Surnames: gysi,gyseler,geesey,giese,keesey
Submitted by: Andrew J Geesey
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: Village in Lancashire, England Celtic - inis-cip = island or meadow of the long grass Welsh - ynys=island + Norse cype = osier or willow making. So island of osier baskets or island where the willow grows
Surnames: Inskip, Inskipp, Inskippe, Inskeep
Submitted by: Jennifer Kirkby
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: Name mostly found in following counties. Inskip mainly Bedfodshire and Hertfordshire Inskippe, Inskipp mainly Sussex Inskeep mainly Staffordshire Mixture of spellings in Lancashire and Yorkshire
Surnames: Inskip, Inskippe, Inskipp, Inskeep
Submitted by: Jennifer Kirkby
Origin of Kee, Meaning of Kee
Origin: Keech is an anglo-saxon word meaning fat or tallow and the practice of naming workmen by the work they performed leeds to Keech being a low grade labourer who probably removed the layers of flesh and fat from animal hides. It thus by usage became a derogatory term. Shakespeare used it when king henry described Cardinal Wolseley as a "Great Keech whose very girth denies the sunshine to the earth beneath" in other words a big fat lump of a man.later Keech meant a Butcher and also a tallow candle maker.
Surnames: Keech or Keach aka Keetch
Submitted by: George Keech
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