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Origin of howard Total Records: 4  Origin of howard, Meaning of howard Origin: German Surnames: Duda, Luck, Lueck, Bohmann, Ebert, Pfeiffer, Howard, Shetler, Schettler, Shettler, Stephens Submitted by: dianna Origin of howard, Meaning of howard Origin: Howard-Rather connestion Ark,Ca. Surnames: howard Submitted by: Maggy Origin of howard, Meaning of howard Origin: COLUMBUS CALHOUN HOWARD,BORN MARCH 3, 1854DIED APRIL 24, 1905, 9 CHILDREN, WILLIAM LEWIS, CATHERINE MERZETTA, MARY ANNA, ALICE VIRGINIA,MARGARET ROSELLA,JAMES EMORY, EMMA JULIA, RACHEL DORSEY, LYDA ELIZABETH.COLUMBUS WAS A BLACKSMITH LIVING IN WARREN/COCKEYSVILLE,MARYLAND Surnames: HOWARD Submitted by: BILL HOWARD Origin of howard, Meaning of howard Origin: In George F. Jones book it says "TTER" means "Dweller on the ETT (river)" or "Dweller in a wattled enclosure." I have had cnfirmed by three people fom Schweiz, Austria and Baden-Wurttemberg, that Etter means this. 1.) The word Etter comes from the Alemans. It was the name of the Bounds, Fences of her Village. The villages of the Alemans was enclosed by "Palisades" witch was called etter. Daniel Etter Schweiz 2.) "Ethymologisches W?rterbuch der deutschen familiennamen" = "Ethymological dictionary of german familynames". according to this book there are 2 possibilities. A: the name based on the old fences (as we already have discussed) B: the name based on the old alemannic word of Etter which means Kinsman. Alexander Lutz Austria 3.) ETTER: either is 1) Middle High German "?ter" = village fence, boundary; or 2) MHG "etter" = cousin. ETTERLI(N): Affectionate form for Etter = cousin. Etterli(n) was widely spread in the alemannic region (the -i is typically Swiss). In 1407 there is a Heinzmann ETTERLIN, Vogt (bailiff, administrator) at Istein (L?rrach, near the Swiss border), and in 1441 Anton => ?TTERLI (!), also spelt ETTER- LIN, town scribe in Schaffhausen (Switzerland). Heinz Majer Baden-W?rttemberg Surnames: Etter, Vogel, Kremitzki, Howard, Parsons Submitted by: Robert Etter 10/7/2008 3:01 AM Page 1 of 1

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