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Origin of Wen Total Records: 16  Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: This surname is German. Surnames: Wendt Submitted by: Geni Fiona Naraine Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: Anglicized from an old gaelic name meaning 'dark haired man' or swarthy. Variations came from whoever was recording data. People were illiterate and spelled kirwin in different ways Surnames: Kerwin, Kirwan, Kirwen, Kirwin, O'kirwin Submitted by: RACHEL PIPPIN Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: There is a town by the name of Lowenstein in Germany. It is situated south-east of Frankfurt. There is also a castle there by the same name, as well as a mountain range of that name. There are several branches of the Lowenstein family. I know of the following: 1. The German high nobility (mostly catholic) 2. 'Ordinary' folk in northern Hessen (mostly Lutheran) 3. The Jewish branch (many of them in the United States). In Germany during the 17th and 18th centuries, Jewish people often took the names of the prominent families who protected them. 4. The Lowensteyn (originally Lowenstein and Lutheran) branch, mainly in The Netherlands, but also families in Canada and Ne Surnames: Loewensteijn, Lowensteijn, Lowenstein, Lowensteyn Submitted by: Peter Lowensteyn Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: Looking for proof of B/D and marriage Dates for Clifton and Eliz.Harris Bowen. Surnames: bowen Submitted by: eleanor renuart Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: you would be surprised at howmany Gowenlocks there are out there you know? Surnames: Gowenlock Submitted by: Hamish Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: Austria. I believe 1800's Surnames: Wender Submitted by: Alex Wender Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: DAVID WENZOWSKY b. Aft. 1855 Germany or Poland. He married CHAYA HAMPEL b. abt. 1843. DAVID WENZOWSKY left his family. CHAYA HAMPEL may have had a brother named Abraham. Children of DAVID WENZOWSKY and CHAYA HAMPEL are: ABRAM WENZOWSKY, b. 1876, Russia; MARIAM WENZOWSKY, b. April 11, 1878; KOPEL WENZOUSKY, b. 1882, Maybe Derevyansk but definitely in Poland; SAMUEL WENZOWSKY, b. 1887, Lodz Poland; BRONDEL WENZOWSKY, b. Unknown; LEAH WENZOWSKY, b. Unknown Surnames: Wenzousky Submitted by: Robin Krout Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: DAVID WENZOWSKY b. Aft. 1855 Germany or Poland. He married CHAYA HAMPEL b. abt. 1843. DAVID WENZOWSKY left his family. CHAYA HAMPEL may have had a brother named Abraham. Children of DAVID WENZOWSKY and CHAYA HAMPEL are: ABRAM WENZOWSKY, b. 1876, Russia; MARIAM WENZOWSKY, b. April 11, 1878; KOPEL WENZOUSKY, b. 1882, Maybe Derevyansk but definitely in Poland; SAMUEL WENZOWSKY, b. 1887, Lodz Poland; BRONDEL WENZOWSKY, b. Unknown; LEAH WENZOWSKY, b. Unknown Surnames: Wenzowsky Submitted by: Robin Krout Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: I am looking for a Thomas Owens that was a coalminer in the Carbondale area in the early 1800's he married a lady who's maiden name was also Owens which i am trying to find out too. She came over to the US at the age of 12 from Wales with her parents Enos and Sarah Owens of Gibson Pa. Thomas also had a son named Thomas Jr.which he left with Enos asn Sarah after his wife died of child birth. I was told Thomas Sr. might have gone to the Utica Ny area. Surnames: Owens Submitted by: Marsha Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: Wales Surnames: Bowen Submitted by: Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: 'Bowen' is a Welsh name the derivation of which is 'Ab-Owen'.... meaning 'The son of Owen'. Surnames: Bowen Submitted by: Roger Bowen Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: Plum-like-fruit Tree Surnames: Quattlebaum; Loewenstern; Parr Submitted by: Sam Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: The Wentworth family derives its name from the lordship of Wentworth in the wapentake of Stafford, County of York, England, where lived Reginald de Winterwode at the time of the Conquest. Genealogists agree that the word is of Saxon origin, meaning white farm or court, taking its style from the soil composed of chalk or whitish clay. Surnames: Wentworth Submitted by: DP Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: Netherlands, van Leeuwen means 'the lion' French: du Lion Surnames: van Leeuwen Submitted by: Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: Originally, the name appears to have been swingler, swinler or some other variation of the German/ Dutch Schindler or Zwingalaer (preparer of flax, or in the case of schindler-roofmaker/shingler) The root name apparently came from the germanic/ slavic bohemian region of what is now Chzechoslovakia circa the 11th or 12th century A.D. Surnames: Swindler, Swingler, Swinler, Swengler, Swyndler Submitted by: Tim Swindler Origin of Wen, Meaning of Wen Origin: The name Wendelboe is a variation of the word vendelbo which refers to people from the area Vendsyssel, northern Jutland, Denmark. Surnames: Wendelboe Submitted by: Benjamin Wendelboe 11/9/2009 10:12 AM Page 1 of 1

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