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Origin of Ree Total Records: 48  Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: the name reeve originates in the county os Norfolk u.k and a 'reeve'was a water bailif a similar name occured on the scottish borders namely reive the norfolk name was changed to shire reeve and ultimately to sherif as in 'the sherif of nottingham (see robin hood) Surnames: Reeve, Reeves, Reive Submitted by: david j reeve Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: ...According to tradition, the first person to have this name was a child who was found under a tree called 'Rowan Tree', or mountain ash tree, growing in Yorkshire, England. The child was a boy and was dressed in fine clothing. He was found on the estate of a nobleman who took compassion the child and raised him as his own son, naming him 'Rowantree' after the tree under which he was found. The origin of the child he did not know and never found out. This boy's descendants now run in the thousands, and they live in all parts ofthe world....'('Rowntree and Rountree Family HIstory, 1521-1953' by Joseph Gustave Rountree ll) Surnames: Rountree, Rowntree Submitted by: Dorothy Maechler Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: French Huguenots, spelled Faure. Later used Fore, Foree, Ford, once in a while Four. Surnames: Faure, Ford, Fore, Foree, Four Submitted by: Ellen Byrne Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: We have traced the name back to the 1700's in Oola Parish, County Limerick, Ireland. Could have originated in Ireland with sinking of Spanish Main. However, no documentation. Thomas Sarsfield and wife, Winnifred McGrath settled in Henry Ill in 1850 with their seven surviving children from Ireland through Port of New Orleans and were farmers. Surnames: Rail, Real, Reale, Reel Submitted by: Francis Galvin Real, Jr Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: There has been some speculation about the origin of the name Creel. One is:There is a small town on Eastern coast of Scotland named Crail, that I have seen used as last name. (have heard it pronounced 'creel'). Which makes some sense as some Creels are furniture makers, ie. cane bottom chairs. Also the irish name on message board is another possibility as the Scots and Irish went back and forth across the Irish sea. Also have heard that it was 'Norman' from Kyrel or French from Creil(sic). Surnames: Creel Submitted by: Teresa Creel Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Green/Greene is a very common Anglo-Saxon name and most books say that Green was given to those who lived on or near the town common or green where animals were grazed and the weekly market was set up. Surnames: Green, Greene Submitted by: Thomas Brian Green Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree 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 Ree, Meaning of Ree 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 Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Name probably originately in Ireland AND Scotland at about the same time. It is Irish AND Scots, AND Scotch-Irish which does NOT mean half Irish, half Scots. Scotch-Irish is an AMerican term that means those who went from Scotland to northern Ireland and then to America. Most were Presbyterians. Most Irish McC's were/are Catholic. Surnames: Maccrary, Mccrary, Mccreary, Mccreery, Mccrery, Mccrory Submitted by: Perry G. McCrary Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: To the best of my knowledge: Greenfield's arrived in Massachusets ~ 1640's and originated from Scotland. Surnames: Greenfield Submitted by: Phil Greenfield Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: From all that can be gathered, it is believed that the ancestors of the Greenleaf family were Huguenots, who left France on account of their religious principles, sometimes in the course of the sixteenth century and settled in England. The name was, probably, translated from the French Fuillevert. Surnames: Greenleaf Submitted by: Lorraine Birch Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: I am trying to confirm parentage and ancestors of William DuPree, b1797 prob Wake Co, NC. Married Nancy Holloman in Wake Co. I have some info, but no documentation, that William was the son of Haley DuPree, b 1757, prob VA married Bettie Clark b 1759 in VA. Haley's father was Haley b 1757 prob in VA married Susannah Garris. Haley's father was Louis DuPree, b before 1700 in France, married Larance Ellerbee, date unknown. Seeking documentation sources. Surnames: DuPree Submitted by: Kim DuPree Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Descendants of Heinrich Carpenter (father was Heinrich Zimmerman) (1673-1749) from Switzerland to Lancaster and Adams Counties, PA. Surnames: Ferree Submitted by: Erin McCleaf-Bolling Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Trying to locate info on parents of Christopher Freeman b. 1749 York Co., SC d. 1803 York Co. Married to Margaret McKnight. Thanks. Surnames: Freeman Submitted by: Alan Freeman Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Green, William P., Born in Indiana 1844, moved to Paris, TN. Married an Annie Mae. Listed on 1900 census as an author (Henry County Tennessee) Surnames: Green Submitted by: Ann Dickerson Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Searching for Amy Green, living in Orem, Utah in the late 1980's. Any information, please e-mail me. Surnames: Green Submitted by: Kelly De Lora Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: geneology of the Greenfelder's Surnames: Greenfelder Submitted by: mark greenfelder Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: This is my maiden name and because it is so rare, I have become interested in finding out our origins and history. Surnames: McRee Submitted by: Stephanie Carlene McRee Swims Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Ancestors and descendents of Drury Roberts RS, Ashley Golightly Roberts and Burrell Roberts of VA and GA. Surnames: Overstreet Submitted by: susan Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Interested in info on Clarence (DOD 4-12-1988) & Mabel Pauling (DOD 10/26/1997) BOREEN. Any children? Surnames: Boreen Submitted by: chris Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: I am looking for info on Willis L Freeman. b 11/26/1860 d 7/09/1917. Married Christian Melton. They lived in Ether NC (Montgomery Co). They are buried in Star Town Cemetery. They had a daughter (My grandmother), Mary Ellen Freeman who later married Bernie Cletis Vuncannon. Any help would be appreciated. Surnames: Freeman Submitted by: Mike Deaton Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Pink FRANKS NC 1882 Flora VEREEN SC 1885 Children *Booker b. St Johns County, FL 4-20-1908 d. 7-21-1976 (OH)*married (Nov. 27, 1929)* *Julia CHAPPELL 10-27-1914 Troy, AL d. 3-16-1998(OH)* siblings were: *Mary WISE(9-20-1919 d. 9-19-1976 (OH) Wise)* *Gladys ROSS Compton, CA* *Lucille DANIELS b. 10/25/1921 (Hancock County WV)d. 8/15/1982(CA)* *Lela FRANKS* *Carl Jay FRANKS b.2/18/1917(FL) d. 7/26/1955 (CA)* *Earl FRANKS* *Ross FRANKS-South Pacific WWII* Surnames: VEREEN Submitted by: Karen Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Ancestors of Samuel Reed married to Lydia Erdman, buried in Hebe, PA Surnames: Reed Submitted by: Charlotte Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Australia from about 1840, UK before that? Surnames: Greenhalgh Submitted by: Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: ISO ancestors and descendants of William Force / Foree b. bef. 1821, d. bef. 1850, m. Cordelia (unknown) and had the following children: Sarah E., John, Mary, and Affia. Surnames: Foree Submitted by: Deborah A. Burkhart Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Researching the descendants of Wiseman Green,b Aug 8, 1805 in Buncombe Co, NC. He married Mary Glenn b abt 1818 in NC. Children included Jeremiah, Joseph, Lucinda, Temperance, Eli, James and Mary. Family raised in DeKalb Co, TN. Surnames: Green Submitted by: Lenny Green Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: my Rowntrees come from Bishopwearmouth and Monkwearmouth in Sunderland. Earliest I have are Thomas and his son Stevenson Rowntree in thearly 1820s Surnames: Rowntree Submitted by: Keith Rowntree Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Researching Streeter mainly from Shipley,West Sussex. Surnames: Streeter Submitted by: John Belchamber Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Looking for JOHN BREEN and DAVID BREEN in Co Cork, Ireland. Kilmeen Civil Parish; Barony of Duhallow. Surnames: BREEN Submitted by: Carole Lannom Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Family from Hoorn,The Netherlands and Unna,West-Phalia,Germany Surnames: REEK Submitted by: Andre Reek Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: The English name "Breed" was originally "Breda"; the name came from the German town of Breda, and the name means "Broad", apparently referring to the Horizon. Surnames: Breed Submitted by: Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: grandfather Surnames: reeb Submitted by: bea norrington Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Greg Shreenan. Southern California. looking for other Shreenans please reply. We are few. Surnames: Shreenan Submitted by: Gregory Joseph Shreenan Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Sara Woodreeves was the wife of Edin Hoyland-Menteith and mother of Iain Edin Juan Hoyland-Menteith Surnames: WOODREEVES Submitted by: Glynis McCain Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: AMANDA GREEN Thought she was Cherokee, but have been told possibly Creek Freedmen? Surnames: GREEN Submitted by: CANDACE Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: This family is of Huguenot origin. By way of Holland, the Freers came from their first home in France into the American colonies. A great number of Freers served in the American revolution. Surnames: Freer Submitted by: History of West Virginia Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Goldstraw Dialect plays a part THE SURNAME Goldstraw is a local variant of the placename Goostrey near Holmes Chapel, which is recorded as Gostrel in the 1086 Domesday Book, Gosetre, Gorstre during the 12th and 13th century, and Goulstry in the 17th century. Developed The placename was originally taken by Ekwall in his Dictionary of English Placenames as meaning the tree belonging to Godhere, an old Saxon name, but McNeal Dodgson in the Placenames of Cheshire proposes a hypothetical Old English word ?gorst-treow? in the sense of gorse bush or bramble. The local pronunciation of Goldstraw probably developed along the following lines. Just as the word ?cold? becomes the dialect ?cowd?, and with the inclusion of the intrusive letter ?l?, the initial part of the name would be easily associated with the word ?gold? and the original form of the name just as soon forgotten. Interestingly enough, the placename is still pronounced Goostrey, and hence, is closer to its original form. Edgar Tooth Surnames: Goldstraw, Goostrey, Goostree Submitted by: Martin Goldstraw Origin of Ree, Meaning of Ree Origin: Norway Surnames: mc greevy Submitted by: 2/17/2012 10:55 AM Page 1 of 2

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