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Inspired by Amy Utting, I’ve started a page to organize my brick wall ancestors and the origins of each branch in my family tree.

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Canada

Alcombrack

Branch Location: Montreal, Quebec
Brick Wall Ancestor: Elizabeth Alcombrack
Etymology: Unknown

Bauck

Branch Location:
Brick Wall Ancestor: Elizabeth Bauck
Etymology: The surname Bauck was first found in Alsace and Franconia. Spelling variations of this family name include: Bock, Bocke, Boch, Boche, Bauck, Baucke, Bauch, Bauche, Bokke and many more.

McAuley

Branch Location: Beckwith, Ontario, Canada
Brick Wall Ancestor: Mary McAuley
Etymology: has two main Irish septs: 1) "Mac Amhalghaidh", from the Gaelic prefix "mac" meaning son of, plus "Amhalghaidh" a form of the Old Irish personal name Auley in the west of Co. Westmeath and north of Offaly and 2) Mac Amhlaoibh, a branch of the Mac Guires and belong to Co. Fermanagh; the same Gaelic form is used by the Scottish clan of Mac Aulay.

Reid

Branch Location: Huntingdon, Hastings, Upper Canada
Brick Wall Ancestor: Harriet Reid
Etymology: of multiple spellings. Reid, is often Scottish, but could also be Read, Reade, Reed, Red and Redd. May derive from the Olde English pre 7th century word "read" meaning red, and as such was probably nationalistic for an Anglo-Saxon; or the name may be locational from various places such as Read in the county of Lancashire, from the Olde English word "roegheafod", meaning the land occupied by deer, or Rede in Suffolk, deriving from the word "hreod", meaning reeds as grown in a river; or the village of Reed in Hertfordshire, from the word "ryht", meaning brushwood.

Ricard

Branch Location: Beckwith, Ontario, Canada
Brick Wall Ancestor: Pierre (Peter) Ricard
Etymology: this ancient surname is of pre 7th century Germanic origins. Deriving from the twin elements of 'ric' and 'hard', and translating as "powerful ruler", the name spread throughout Europe in the early medieval period. Over 100 variations including: ranging from the German Reichardt, Richardi and Richar, the English Richard, the French Ricard, the Flemish Rickaert, and the aphoristic, diminutive and patronymic forms such as Chardet, Chardin, Chardon, Chardot (France), Riccardi, Liccardi (Italy), Richards, Richardson (English & Scottish), Richardeau (France), Rickertssen (Dutch).

Wood

Branch Location: Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Brick Wall Ancestor: Stephen Wood
Etymology: a popular English and Scottish surname is of pre 7th century Olde English origins. Recorded in several forms including Wood, Woode, Woodd, Wod, Wode and the locational Woods and Woodes, it derives from the word "wudu" meaning a forest or wood. It was originally given either as a topographical name for one who was resident by a wood, or who in the case of the plural Woods related to a person who was both resident in the wood and who obtained his livelihood from the wood, probably as a forester. The surname is first recorded in the early half of the 13th Century and appears in a great variety of records during that century.

England

Barriball

Branch Location: Treneglos, Cornwall, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Thomas Barriball
Etymology: This ancient, unusual, and complex surname, recorded in several forms including Barrable, Barriball, Barribal, Baribal, Barrabeale, Bariball, Berribal and Boribal, is medieval English, and almost certainly locational. The derivation is from the French words berri and bal, meaning the castle on the mound or hillock. Well recorded in the West Country, the name probably originates from a now 'lost' medieval village, of which the only surviving memory is the surname itself.

Bartlett

Branch Location: Chedington, Dorset, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Matthew Bartlett
Etymology: This interesting surname is a double diminutive form of "Bart, Bert", a pet form of Bartholomew, plus the diminutive suffixes "-el" and "-ot"; hence, "Bart-, Bert-el-ot". Bartholomew itself originates from a medieval English name which ultimately derives from the Aramaic patronymic "bar-Talmay", son of Talmay, a given name meaning "having many furrows", that is, rich in land. The surname itself first appears in records in the mid 12th Century.

Bond

Branch Location: Norfolk, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Mary Bond
Etymology: is considered to be of Anglo-Scandanavian pre 7th century origins. It was at first a status surname for a peasant farmer or husbandman, the derivation being from either the Old Norse-Viking word "bonde", or the Olde English and Anglo-Saxon word "buan", both meaning to dwell, but an alternative is from "bindan", meaning to bind. The original object was to describe a yeoman holding lands which were 'bound by loyalty' to the local lord, although only after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 did the word become associated with the idea of servitude for life. The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 12th Century. Recorded as Bond, Bonde, Bonds, Bondar, Bounder, Bonder, Bundy, Bunday, and others.

Bow

Branch Location: Melbury Bubb, Dorset, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: William Bow
Etymology: Recorded in the spellings of Bow, Bowe, and Bough, this is usually a surname of English origins. Three possible origins: 1) a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of bows. If so the derivation is from the Old English pre 7th century word 'boga', meaning a bow, and ultimately from 'bugan' meaning to bend; 2) it could be topographical for someone living near a bridge, the word 'boga' in this case having acquired the meaning of an arch, as in the supposed resemblance of the arch to a drawn bow; or 3) or it could be named for for somebody who lived at a place called Bow, Bowe, or Bough, or at a house which had as its sign a bough from a tree.

Bugler

Branch Location: Yetminster, Dorset, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Robert Bugler
Etymology: Recorded as Buglar and Bugler, this is a rare and unusual surname. It does not seem to be recorded in any of the dictionaries of surnames or English medieval published records. The earliest surname recordings are from Austria, where it was an occupational surname. A "bugel" was not a musical instrument carried by the armed forces, but an instrument for pressing cloth during the manufacturing process, and a bugeler one who used it. The surname is said to be most often found in the West Country of England where many Huguenots settled in the 17th century.

Conway

Branch Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Conway
Etymology: this surname has at least four possible different origins: 1) generally believed from the town of Conwy on the north coast of Wales, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th century 'Cam yea' meaning crooked river, various streams being so named in the English West Country in medieval times; 2) the Scottish name holders probably derive from the hamlet of Conway in the parish of Beautly. This place was recorded as "Coneway" in the 1215 rolls. In this case the name is a claimed anglicisation of the Gaelic "Coinmheadh" which translates as "free quarter", implying a district in which troops were billeted on the local inhabitants; 3) In Ireland "Conway" is often an anglicized form of several Irish names, such as Mac Connmhaigh, a byname meaning "Head Smasher"(!) or Mac Connbhuidhe, - the "Yellow Hound", another interesting nickname. The (Mac) Conway sept belonged to counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary.

Downing

Branch Location: Werrington, Devon, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: William Downing
Etymology: of Anglo-Saxon origin and is from a nickname for a man with particularly dark hair or a swarthy complexion, usually found as "Dunn", and of which "Downing" and "Dunning" are the patronymic forms, meaning "the son of Dunn". The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word "dunn" meaning "dark-coloured". The name may also partly derive from an Olde English byname recorded as "Dunn" or "Dunna", meaning "the dark one".

Edmonds

Branch Location: Isle Brewers, Somerset, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jane Edmonds
Etymology: one of the many patronymic forms of Edmond, which is derived from the Middle English (1200 - 1500) given name "Edmund" from the Old English pre 7th Century "Eadmund", composed of the elements "ead", prosperity, fortune, and "mund, protection. In medieval England and France the name was often bestowed in honour of the East Anglian King, St. Edmund the martyr, who was killed by pagan Danish invaders in 869.The modern surname can be found as Edmond(s), Edmons, Edmund(s), Edmondson and Edmundson.

Farmer

Branch Location: Bettws y Crwyn, Shropshire, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Elizabeth Farmer
Etymology: This English medieval job descriptive surname, recorded in the spellings of Farmer, Farmar, Fermer and Fermor, is of Olde French pre 10th century origins. Based upon the word "fermier", the name describes an early financier or collector of tithes and taxes, one who specialised in "farming " land leases. These first farmers would act as brokers for the crown or the major landowners, selecting applicants to work the tenanted lands on the basis usually of who paid most. The "farmers" in time became rich in their own right, and then reversed the process by purchasing land themselves on which in the modern sense, they then "farmed".

Francis

Branch Location: Clun, Shropshire, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: William Francis
Etymology: This is a name of Roman-Latin origins. It derives from "Franciscus", which was originally both an ethnic name used to describe a "Frank", later to be known as a "Frenchman", and a personal name of the 5th century a.d., which means "a free man". Be that as it may the later surname, which dated from the 12th century, became hugely popular world wide, there being over two hundred spellings! These range from the English Francis, the French Francois and Frances, the Spanish and Italian Francisco and Francie, to the diminutives Franzel (Germany), the Italian nickname forms Scotti (!), Ciccolini and Zecchi, to the patronymics Francesconi (Italy), Franssen (Germany), Franson (England), and the Polish Franciskiewicz .

Gillingham

Branch Location: Bridport, Dorset, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Gillingham
Etymology: of English locational origin from places in Dorset, Norfolk and Kent, so called from the Old English pre 7th Century "Gythlingaham" and translating as "the homestead, (Old English "ham"), of the people of Gythla". Gythla is a personal name of great antiquity, containing the element "gyth", battle, but ultimately going back to "Geatas", the Scandinavian people to whom Beowulf belonged. The first mentioned place appeared as "Gillingaham" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle relating to Dorset, dated 1016, whereas the Norfolk placename was initially recorded as Gelingeham in Ancient Charters of that County, dated 1107-1118. Gillingham in Kent was noted as Gelingeham in the Domesday book of 1086. The surname first appears on record in the latter part of the 13th Century.

Hamar

Branch Location: Clun, Shropshire, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Martha Hamar
Etymology: unknown

Hawkins

Branch Location: Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: William Hawkins
Etymology: The name itself, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century "Hafoc" meaning "Hawk", is descriptive for one who possessed that bird's ferocious instincts. In the spelling form as Hawkins, the name is a double diminutive or patronymic which translates as "the son(s) of the son (kin) of the Hawk".

Heighway

Branch Location: Clun,Shropshire,England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Richard Heighway
Etymology: surname has two possible origins: 1) derive from English placenames, in this case, "Highway", in Wiltshire, recorded "Hiwei" in the Domesday Book of 1086 and composed of either the Old English element "heg, hieg", or the West Saxon word "hieg, hig", hay and the second element "way", road, hence "road for carrying hay"; and 2) may be of topographical origin from "residence by or on the high road", from the same elements as above. The name first appears in records in the late 13th Century.

Hill

Branch Location: England (uncertain)
Brick Wall Ancestor: George Hill
Etymology: of Olde English pre 7th century derivation. Of two possible origins: 1) a topographical name from residence by or on a hill. The derivation is from the word "hyll". In their early forms were accompanied by a preposition such as ate or del, and were among the earliest surnames; 2) may derive from the medieval personal and baptismal name "Hille". This is a semi nickname or short form of one of the many Anglo-Saxon compound names with the first element "hild", meaning battle or war, such as Hildebrand and Hilliard or the French hilaire from the Latin hilaris meaning cheerful.

Leg

Branch Location: Melbury Bubb, Dorset, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Prudence Leg
Etymology: it may derive from the Norse personal name "Leggr", although this is thought to be unlikely, or it may be of early medieval English from the word "legg", and probably used as a metonymic nickname for someone with long legs or who was a swift runner. In some instances the name may be of Anglo-Saxon origin, as a variant of Leigh, the name of many places in England. This is from the pre 7th century word "leah", meaning a clearing in a wood. It has been recorded as Legg, Legge, and the patronymics Leggs, Legges, and Legis

Munding

Branch Location: Chedington, Dorset, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Joan Munding
Etymology: unknown

Neighbour

Branch Location: South Weston, Oxfordshire, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Thomas Neighbour
Etymology: of early medieval English origin, and derives from the Middle English term "nechebure", a compound of the Olde English pre 7th Century "neah", near, and "gebur", dweller, from "bur", a small dwelling or building. As a surname the term may have developed from a nickname for someone who was thought to be a "good neighbour", but it is more likely to derive from the common use of the word as a term of address. The modern surname can be found as Neighbour and Naybour.

Pittman

Branch Location: Buckland-Newton, Dorset, England (maybe?)
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Pittman
Etymology: Recorded in the spellings of Pitman, Pittman, Pettman and Putnam, this is an English surname. It is topographical for someone who lived by a pit or a hollow in the ground, perhaps a quarry, or in some cases was occupational for one who worked at such a place. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century word "pytt", pit, hole, cavity, which also appears, though rarely, in some English placenames, such as "Pett" in Kent, meaning "(place by) the pit or hollow", and "Woolpit" in Suffolk and in Surrey which have the picturesque meaning of "the pit for trapping wolves". The suffix 'mann' used in this context describes one who worked in or perhaps owned a 'pit'.

Reed

Branch Location: Werrington, Devon, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Nathaniel Reed
Etymology: ancient surname, of English origin with variant spellings Reade, Reede, and Reide. Has three origins: 1) a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, deriving from the Middle English "re(a)d", Olde English pre 7th Century "read" meaning "red"; 2) may be a topographical name for someone who lived in a clearing in woodland, deriving from the Olde English "ried, ryd" and 3) may be a locational name from any of the various places called Read or Reed. Read in Lancashire derives its name from a contracted form of the Olde English "roege" meaning "female roe deer" plus "heafod", "head(land)". Rede in Suffolk is so called from the Olde English "hreod" meaning "reeds", and Reed in Hertfordshire derives from the Olde English "ryht" meaning "brushwood". The surname dates back to the early 11th Century.

Rivett

Branch Location: Narford, Norfolk, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: George Rivett
Etymology: of Old French origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a metalworker or riveter. The derivation is from the Middle English and Old French "rivet, revette", small nail or bolt, from the Old French "river", to fix, secure. Job descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. In medieval society, the riveter would have been chiefly engaged in the making of arms and armour, and consequently his skills would be highly regarded, and greatly sought after.

Sandercock

Branch Location: North Petherwin, Devon, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Saundercock
Etymology: Saundercock, also recorded as Sandercock is almost certainly locational, and probably derived from the village of Sandcroft, near Folkestone, in Kent. Sandercock or Saundercock has no apparent translation.

Saunders

Branch Location: Chedington, Dorset, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Saunders
Etymology: of either English or Greek derivation has truly ancient origins. The name in its various spellings has long been accepted as being a derivative of the Greek personal name 'Alexander' which was recorded from 2000 B.C., but it is now certain that for many nameholders, the origin is Olde English and locational from Sanderstead in Surrey. The known forms of the name are Saunder, Sandar, and Sander, whilst Saunders, Sanders, and Sandars, are patronymics.

Sleep

Branch Location: North Tamerton, Cornwall, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Nicholas Sleep
Etymology: of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is either a topographical name from residence by a marsh or miry place, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century "slaep", mud, mire, marsh, or a locational name from any of the various places named with this element. These places include: Sleap, a hamlet, east of St. Albans, in Hertfordshire; either of two places in Shropshire called Sleap, the one near Wellington, and the other south west of Wem; and Slepe, a locality in the Poole rural district of Dorset.

Thomas

Branch Location: Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, England
Brick Wall Ancestor: Elizabeth Thomas
Etymology: the translation being 'the twin', as in twin- brother, the origin is Aramaic. It has been recorded in over two hundred spelling forms ranging from the British Tomas and Thomas, the Italian Tommasi and Toma, the German Thom, Thomas, Thoma, Thumm, and Thome, the Slavonic Tomaschek, the Russian Fominov, the Belorussian Tomich and Khomich, the Swedish Thomasson, and many, many, others.

France

Audrain

Branch Location: Plémet, Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Anne Audrain
Etymology: unknown

Cloteaux

Branch Location: Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Anne Cloteaux
Etymology: unknown

Collin

Branch Location: Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Julien Collin
Etymology: There are two origins for this surname. The first and applying to most English name holders is a derivative patronymic of the Greek-Roman "Nicholas". It is comprised of the elements "Col" plus "in", the latter being a shortened form of the Saxon "kin" to imply "Son of Col". Introduced into England by the Normans after the 1066 Invasion, some eighty derivative spellings are recorded, showing the great popularity of the name Nicholas (translating as - the victory people). The second possibility is as an anglicized form of "Coileain" prefixed by "Mac or O", and found principally in the West of Ireland. In this case the name translates as "the young hound", the clan being hords of Connello.

Coué

Branch Location: Guichen, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Joseph Coué
Etymology: The French Coue surname is thought to derive from the word "queue," meaning "tail." However, the reason for this becoming a surname is unknown. The surname Coue was first found in Couhé, a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France. The manor became a marquis in 1652. Spelling variations of this family name include: Couet, Coué, Couey, Couez and others.

Delarue

Branch Location: Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Catherine Delarue
Etymology: The surname Delarue was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this eminent family held a family seat in the honor of the seigneurie of Launay. This north country family lived almost exclusively in the provinces of Normandy, Brittany, Picardy, Artois, and Flanders.

Duclos

Branch Location: Laillé, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Perrine Duclos
Etymology: The surname Duclos was first found in Lorraine. Spelling variations of this family name include: Duclos, Ducloux, Duclaux, Duclaud and others.

Flin

Branch Location: Sévignac, Côtes-du-Nord, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jean Flin
Etymology: unknown

Gauvain

Branch Location: Lanrélas, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Thomas Gauvain
Etymology: unknown

Guychart

Branch Location: Broons, Côtes-du-Nord, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Pierre Guychart
Etymology: unknown

Jagu

Branch Location: Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Julienne Jagu
Etymology: unknown

Jouan

Branch Location: Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Olive Jouan
Etymology: unknown

Joubrel

Branch Location: Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jacques Joubrel
Etymology: unknown

Lamandé

Branch Location: Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jean Lamandé
Etymology: unknown

Landais

Branch Location: Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Pierre Landais
Etymology: unknown

Le Bas

Branch Location: Langast, Côtes-du-Nord, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Pierre Le Bas
Etymology: The name Lebas is a nickname type of surname for a short person. The surname Lebas is derived from the Old English words "bas" and "basse", which mean low, short; these words ultimately stem from the Latin word "bassus" which means "thickset". The surname Lebas was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Mahé

Branch Location: Plessala, Côtes d'Armor, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Maurice Mahé
Etymology: unknown

Marchand

Branch Location: Laillé, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Joseph Julien Marchand
Etymology: The surname Marchand was an occupational name for a merchant or trader. The surname Marchand was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times. Spelling variations of this family name include: Marchand, Marchond, Marchonde, Marchont, Marchent, Marchamp, Marchant, Merchamp and many more.

Menant

Branch Location: Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Guillaume Menant
Etymology:

Michel

Branch Location: Langast, Côtes-du-Nord, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jean Michel
Etymology: The name Michel was born in the beautiful region of Bohemia, which is now part of Czechoslavakia. It derived from the given name Michael, which derives in turn from the Hebrew Mika'el. It is composed of "mi" meaning "who," "ke," meaning "like," and "El," a shortened form of "Eloin," meaning "God," with the whole meaning of "who is like God," or "God-like." Spelling variations of this family name include: Michael, Micheel, Michel, Meikle, Michler, Michaelis (Prussia), Michahelles (North Rhine) and many more.

Moquet

Branch Location: Laillé, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Julien Moquet
Etymology: unknown

Morel

Branch Location: Guignen, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Marie Morel
Etymology: unknown

Noblet

Branch Location: Guignen, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Joseph Noblet
Etymology: The Noblet surname derives from the Old French word "noble," meaning "high-born," "distinguished," or "illustrious;" and as such was a nickname for a person of noble birth, but perhaps also ironically for someone of low station. The surname Noblet was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family has been traced to early times. Spelling variations of this family name include: Noblet, Noblets, Noblat, Noblay, Noblé, Noblée, Noblés, Noblées, Noblais, Nobleais, Noblait, Noblaits, Noblays, Noblai, Noblaie, Noblaies, de Noblet and many more.

Pacé

Branch Location: Plumaugat, Côtes-du-Nord, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Olivier Pacé
Etymology: unknown

Péan

Branch Location: Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Louise Péan
Etymology: unknown

Perrin

Branch Location: Éréac, Côtes-du-Nord, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Pierre Perrin
Etymology: unknown

Poillevé

Branch Location: Plumaugat, Côtes-du-Nord, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Julien Poillevé
Etymology: unknown

Quatreboeufs

Branch Location: Lohéac, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jeanne Marie Ursul Quatreboeufs
Etymology: unknown

Querat

Branch Location: Guignen, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jan Querat
Etymology: unknown

Radenac

Branch Location: Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Marie Radenac
Etymology: unknown

Renault

Branch Location: Guichen, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Joseph Renault
Etymology: unknown

Rocher

Branch Location: Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jan Rocher
Etymology: The surname Rocher was first found in Limousin where this eminent family held a family seat in the honour of the seigneurie of Lapeyrouse. Spelling variations of this family name include Rochon, Le Rochon, Du Rochon, Lerochon, Durochon and many more.

Totivin

Branch Location: Sévignac, Brittany, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Marie Totivin
Etymology: unknown

Trochu

Branch Location: Laillé, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jeanne Trochu
Etymology: unknown
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Germany

Dorothea

Branch Location: Panrod, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
Brick Wall Ancestor: Anna Dorothea
Etymology:

Edeli

Branch Location: Germany?
Brick Wall Ancestor: Martinus Edeli
Etymology:

Grauberger

Branch Location: Germany
Brick Wall Ancestor: Philip Peter Grauberger
Etymology:

Ruger

Branch Location: Germany?
Brick Wall Ancestor: Anna Barbara Ruger
Etymology: this ancient surname is of Old German pre 7th century origins. It derives from the personal name of the period "Hrodgari", translating as "Renowned-spear" from the elements "hrod" meaning renown and and "gari"- a spear.

Ireland

Boyd

Branch Location: Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Andrew Boyd
Etymology: is of Scottish and Irish origin, and is thought to be locational from the island of Bute in the Firth of Clyde; the placename being of uncertain etymology. The name is very numerous in Ulster and in some cases appears as O'Boyd. There is also a Manx name which is the same as the Irish "MacElwee", but which was changed to Boyd. This name was from "MacGiolla Buidhe", meaning the yellow-haired youth's son. The modern surname can be found as Boyd, Boyde and Boyda.

Butler

Branch Location: Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Judith Butler
Etymology: a famous aristocratic surname is of Norman-French origins, and is one of the very few to be accepted as being pre-1066 in origin and recording, and even rarer still to be recorded in France itself. It is in a sense job descriptive, deriving the Olde French 'bouteillier' and meaning "one who supplies the bottles" but more specifically the wine.

Cardiff

Branch Location: Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Cardiff
Etymology: Whilst arguably of Welsh origin, very few nameholders will be Welsh, but are generally English or even Irish. Locational surnames are "from" names. That is to say names given to people as an easy form of identification after they left a particular place in this case the city of Cardiff, in Glamorgan, to move somewhere else.

Clark

Branch Location: Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: James Clark
Etymology: long-established surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is from a medieval occupational name for a scribe or secretary, or for a member of a minor religious order. The word "clerc", from the Olde English pre 7th Century "cler(e)c", priest, originally denoted a member of a religious order only, but since the clergy of minor orders were allowed to marry and so found families, the surname could become established. It should also be noted that during the Middle Ages virtually the only people who were able to read and write were members of religious orders and it was therefore natural that the term "clark" or "clerk" would come to be used of any literate man, particularly the professional secretary and the scholar. In the modern idiom the surname can be found as Clark, Clarke, Clerk and Clerke.

Dinsmore

Branch Location: Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Sarah Dinsmore
Etymology: with variant spellings Dunmuir, Dunsmore, Dunsmuir, Dunsmure and Dinsmore is of Scottish territorial origin from the old lands of Dundemore near Lindores, Fife. The component elements of the placename are believed to be the Old Gaelic "dun(dh)", a fort plus "mor", big or extensive.

Kelly

Branch Location: Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Mary Kelly
Etymology: this interesting surname, with variant spellings Kelley and Kellie, has three distinct possible origins: 1) an Anglicized form of the great Old Gaelic name "O'Ceallaigh". The Gaelic prefix "O" indicates "male descendant of", plus the personal byname "Ceallach" meaning "strife" or "contention". The main (O')Kelly clan belonged to Ui Maine (mid Galway and South Roscommon); 2) may also be of English locational origin, from a place thus called in Devonshire and named with the Welsh/Cornish "celli", grove; or 3) may be of Scottish territorial origin from the lands of Kelly near Arbroath, Angus, named with the Gaelic element "coille", wood or grove.

Lawlor

Branch Location: Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Henry Fenton Lawlor
Etymology: Irish "clan" surname derives from the Olde Gaelic "O'Leahtobhair", and is often confused with "Lawler", a name which almost certainly has a different origin. Lawlor derives from "Laloir", the most ancient anglicised form, and as such the Clan were prominent landowners in County Leix. In the late 16th century an alliance between the O'Dempseys and some English settlers led to the destruction of the "Lawlors" and their kinsmen the O'Mores, the surviving chiefs being driven out to Kerry, although the names Lawlor and Lalor are still common in Leix in the 20th century. The name means "The descendant of the sick one", which seems a strange etymology for a warlike clan, and may originally have had another meaning entirely. The epicentre of the name is the famous Rock of Dunamase, County Leix. However, in England it is possible that some "Lawlors" derive from the Huguenot (French) "Laulloir"

McCord

Branch Location: Unknown, Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Mary McCord
Etymology: The surname McCord was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire. McCord is an old surname in the parish of Ballantrae. Spelling variations of this family name include: MacCord, McCord, MacCoard, McCoard, MacCourt, McCourt, McCourtie, McCordie, McCourty, McCordy, M'Cord, M'Corde, Makcorde, Mac Cuarta and many more.

Melley

Branch Location: Unknown, Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Melley
Etymology: Unknown

Norarms

Branch Location: Queen's County, Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Jane Norarms
Etymology: Unknown

Payne

Branch Location: Unknown, Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Mary Payne
Etymology: the name was derived from the Old English word paien, which was originally derived from the Latin word paganus, meaning rustic or countryman. It later also came to mean heathen and was often given to children whose baptism was delayed or, to adults whose religious zeal was not what the standards of the day indicated it should have been. Conversely, many believe that the family claim Norman descent as in "Paganus was a Norman personal name.

Tennant

Branch Location: County Antrim, Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Tennant
Etymology: The Strathclyde-Briton people of ancient Scotland were the first to use the name Tennant. It is a name for someone who works as a tenant farmer. The name was applied to those who paid for the rent on their land through working the fields and donating a percentage of the take to the landlord.

Thompson

Branch Location: County Cavan, Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Elizabeth Thompson
Etymology: he roots of the distinguished surname Thompson can be found in Scotland. The name is derived from the popular given name Thomas, an Aramaic name meaning "twin," and refers to "a son of Thomas or Thom." The spelling of the name with a "p" distinguishes the family from the Thomsons, who were a Scottish Clan originally known as MacThomais.

Wells

Branch Location: Unknown, Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Margery Wells
Etymology: Wells is a name of ancient Norman origin. It arrived in England with the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Wells family lived in Lincolnshire, at Wells. In ancient records the name was listed in the Latin form "de Fontibus."

White

Branch Location: Unknown, Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Margaret White
Etymology: The bearers of White and its variants are generally thought to have come from the noble family of Le Blancs in Normandy, who traveled to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest. Although the name certainly came to Britain from Normandy, there is some speculation that it already existed in Britain prior to the conquest. The word "white" itself is derived from the Old English word "hwit." This name was most likely originally used as a nickname for a person with white hair or a pale complexion.

Wilson

Branch Location: County Cavan, Ireland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Thomas Wilson
Etymology: The saga of the name Wilson begins among the Viking settlers who arrived in Scotland in the medieval era. The name Wilson is derived from the personal name William. The name literally was derived from the patronymic expression son of William or son of Wil.

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Brownlee

Branch Location: Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Alexander Brownlee
Etymology: A Scottish surname, it originates from a place formerly known as "The lands of Brownlee", in the county of Lanarkshire, or possibly from another village called Brownlee in Ayrshire. The meaning of the name is probably "Brun's farm", from the pre 8th century Olde English "Brun" a personal name, which developed into the surname Brown, and "legh", a fenced enclosure in the forest, suitable for agriculture, or in other words, a farm. It has been recorded as Brownlea, Brownlee, Brownlie, Brownlees, and even Brunlees.

Chisholm

Branch Location: Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: William Chisholm
Etymology: It derives from the lands of Chisholm, in the parish of Roberton, in the county of Roxburgh. Early Chisholm (the name is also recorded as Chisholme) name holders formed part of the famous Scottish raiders called ' The Border Reivers', who ranged as far south in England as the city of York. For reason unclear, over the centuries some of the 'Chisholms' moved north in Scotland, and in effect two separate clans developed.

Clark(e)

Branch Location: Smailholm, Roxburgh, Scotland & Roxburghshire, Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Clark & Peter Clarke
Etymology: long-established surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is from a medieval occupational name for a scribe or secretary, or for a member of a minor religious order. The word "clerc", from the Olde English pre 7th Century "cler(e)c", priest, originally denoted a member of a religious order only, but since the clergy of minor orders were allowed to marry and so found families, the surname could become established. It should also be noted that during the Middle Ages virtually the only people who were able to read and write were members of religious orders and it was therefore natural that the term "clark" or "clerk" would come to be used of any literate man, particularly the professional secretary and the scholar. In the modern idiom the surname can be found as Clark, Clarke, Clerk and Clerke.

Cleghorn

Branch Location: Penicuik,Midlothian,Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Andrew Cleghorn
Etymology: is of Scottish locational origin from either of two places thus called in the former county of Lanarkshire, now part of the Strathclyde region. The component elements of the name, though of uncertain origin, may conceivably be the Old English pre 7th Century "claeg" meaning "clayey", plus the Old English "horn(a)", a corner, bend or tongue of land; hence, "land projection or river fork with clayey soil". The surname was first recorded in the early part of the 16th Century

Darling

Branch Location: Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Robert Darling
Etymology: is of Anglo-Saxon origin from the Olde English pre 7th Century "deorling", darling, one dearly loved, originally a nickname for "the beloved or dear one". Darling itself is popular in Scotland and Ireland, where the term was used to denote the young noble of a house, perhaps the eldest son, on whom all expectation rested.

Dudgeon

Branch Location: Longformacus, Berwickshire, Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: James Dudgeon
Etymology: First it may be the patronymic form of the male given name Dodge, a pet form of Roger. Hrothgar was an Anglo-Saxon name deriving from the elements "hroth" meaning fame and "gar" a spear, Roger, becoming a favourite form from the time of the Domesday Book of 1086 onward. It may also come from the obsolete word "dudgeon", a wood used in making the handles of knives and daggers etc. and would have been an occupational surname for a turner or cutler. The surname is first recorded in the early half of the 14th Century. Recorded as Dodgen, Dodgeon, Dodgin and Dudgeon.

Forsyth

Branch Location: Stitchel, Roxburgh, Scotland & Roxburghshire, Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Margaret Forsyth & Jean Forsyth
Etymology: is of early medieval Scottish origin, and has two possible origins: 1) may be of locational origin from some minor, or now lost place called "Fersith" or "Forsith", believed to have been in Midlothian. The component elements of the placename are most likely the Old Gaelic "fer", grass, or "for", hill, mound, with "si(the)", fairies; hence, "fairy mound"; or 2) it may also derive from the Olde Gaelic personal name "Fearsithe", a compound of the elements "fear", man, with "sithe", peace.

Fraser

Branch Location: Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Fraser
Etymology: this ancient Scottish clan surname, is widely recorded in the spellings of Fraser, Frazer and Frazier, the latter being an American spelling. Curiously, although always associated with Tweedale, its exact origins remain undetermined. The earliest recorded spelling forms include de Fresel, de Friselle and de Freseliere, indicating a possible French locational origin, however, there is no place in France answering to the spelling. A more likely explanation is that the name is not French at all, since the word 'fraisse' heraldically describes a strawberry, and it is known that early lands of the clan included an area at Neidpath where strawberries grew prolifically. Certainly the clan were know as the "Strawberry bearers", from their heraldic coat of arms.

Thomson

Branch Location: Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Agnes Thomson
Etymology: is regarded as being of "Crusader" origins, and found in every European country. The patronymic forms from diminutives, such as Thomson (the Scottish form) and Thompson, found mainly in England and Northern Ireland, appear firstly in the 14th Century, the first recording being from Scotland.

Warden

Branch Location: Scotland
Brick Wall Ancestor: Alexander John Warden
Etymology: recorded as Warden and Worden, this long-established surname has two distinct origins: 1) an occupational name for a watchman or guard, deriving from the Norman French word "wardein", one who guards; or 2) locational from any of the various places called Warden in England. These places include: Warden, a parish and village in Northumberland, recorded as "Waredun", circa 1175; the parish of Warden, east of Queenborough in Kent; Old Warden, in Bedfordshire.

Young

Branch Location: Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Brick Wall Ancestor: Robert Young
Etymology: is of Anglo-Saxon pre 7th century origin. The derivation is from the word 'geong', which developed into the Middle English 'yunge or yonge', and literally means 'The young one'. The word was also used as a nickname for one who was 'young in heart', or appeared young. The surname is first recorded in the late 13th century, and from this developed the modern spelling forms which include Young, Younge, Youngs, Yong , Yonge and Ong(e).
  • Fiddes-83 1720-00-00
  • Grant-14273 1748-00-00
  • Betty Hay 1788-00-00
  • James Hood 1785-00-00
  • Inglis-1313 1771-00-00 Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland
  • Linnen-42 1763-00-00
  • McBain-397 1766-00-00 Inverness-shire, Scotland
  • Morton-6956 1760-00-00
  • Isobel Morton 1790-00-00 Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland
  • Andrew Murdock 1826-00-00 Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Isabella Storey 1812-00-00 Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Symonton-4 1732-00-00

United States

  • Bearse-362 1713-09-23 Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
  • Chandler-798 1721-07-18 Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Clark

Branch Location: Connecticut Colony
Brick Wall Ancestor: Polly Clark
Etymology: long-established surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is from a medieval occupational name for a scribe or secretary, or for a member of a minor religious order. The word "clerc", from the Olde English pre 7th Century "cler(e)c", priest, originally denoted a member of a religious order only, but since the clergy of minor orders were allowed to marry and so found families, the surname could become established. It should also be noted that during the Middle Ages virtually the only people who were able to read and write were members of religious orders and it was therefore natural that the term "clark" or "clerk" would come to be used of any literate man, particularly the professional secretary and the scholar. In the modern idiom the surname can be found as Clark, Clarke, Clerk and Clerke.
  • Lydia Ferin 1798-00-00 United States
  • 123 Hoffman-6779 0000-00-00

Pratt

Branch Location: Massachusetts Colony
Brick Wall Ancestor: John Pratt
Etymology: of Anglo-Saxon origins. It is derived from a pre 7th century word "praett" meaning a trick; and as such was probably a nickname for a magician or conjuror. The surname is first recorded in the 12th century making it one of the earliest on record anywhere in the world. It has been recorded in various spelling forms including Pratt, Prate, Prett, and Pritt.
  • Rawson-1065 1745-00-00 Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  • Rosebush-34 1738-00-00
  • Rosebush-18 1764-00-00
  • Sprague-1327 1759-00-00 Cambridge, Massachusetts

Walker

Branch Location: USA (but maybe Quebec)?
Brick Wall Ancestor: Elizabeth Walker
Etymology: It is either an occupational name for a fuller, or a locational name from a place called Walker in Northumberland. If occupational it derives from the pre 7th Century word "wealcere", and describes the work of the fuller to scour and thicken raw cloth in a large vessel containing a water mixture by trampling on it.

Wales

  • William Jones 1828-00-00 Beguildy, Radnorshire, Wales, United Kingdom
  • Margaret Jones 1841-00-00 Radnorshire, Wales, United Kingdom
  • Owen-6456 1763-00-00
  • 110 Parry-1439 1719-00-00
  • Shipman-2603
  • Sophia Webb 1827-00-00 Presteigne, Radnorshire, Wales, United Kingdom

34 Unknown-428198 1795-00-00 79 Unknown-427515 1755-00-00 93 Dudson-3 1740-00-00 125 Unknown-201016 0000-00-00





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Utting-102 Amelia Utting
This is so cool, Robin! I'm so thrilled that you liked my own Family Branches page! I love it!
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