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  1. McGuckin (family name)

    Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox family name name McGuckin image imagesize caption pronunciation meaning son of Eocha region Ireland origin related names McGuigan disambiguation McGuigan , Geoghegan footnotes McGuckin is an anglicization of the Ireland Irish surname Mag Eoch in . The female form of the name in Irish Language Irish is Nic Eoch in . This surname is most common in south County Londonderry followed by east Tyrone , both in Northern Ireland . The surname translates as Son of Eocha which probably refers to an important leader, warrior , chieftain or Ard R of the period before the Flight of the Earls , named Eocha or possibly Eochaid h from which the name Eocha derives. The McGuckin sept are thought to be of the Cen l nE gain of the U N ill . Allegedly the family motto is semper patriae servire presio , which translates as always ready to serve by country . In my McGuckin family tree, McGuckin first seen 1853 is a corruption of the Irish name McGouchan 1827 from Leitrim, Ireland. McGouchin, in turn, is a corruption of McGuchin c 1810 , also from Leitrim. Other corruptions of McGouchin are Magoohan 1863 and McGowan 1865 . The three names, McGuckin, Magoohan and McGowan, surprisingly all appear among the children of a McGouchin who emigrated from Leitrim to Scotland. The children s births were registered in Fife for the 1st child and then Edinburgh for the remainder, where all three divergent spellings were registered in random order. People William McGuckin de Slane , nineteenth century Irish orientalist Kieran McGuckin , senior hurler for Cork Barton McGuckin , Irish tenor singer John Anthony McGuckin , Orthodox Christian scholar, priest, and poet Genevieve McGuckin , musician and song writer Kevin McGuckin , senior gaelic footballer for Derry Mark McGuckin , Canadian television presenter Aislin McGuckin , ex Heartbeat actress Ed McGuckin , American professional wrestler. Category Surnames ...   more details



  1. Aislín McGuckin

    External links imdb name id 0570083 name Aisl n McGuckin Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME McGuckin, Aislin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1974 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT McGuckin, Aislin Category 1974 births Category Living people Category ...Aisl n McGuckin born 1974 is a Northern Irish actress . McGuckin was born in Newry , County Down , Northern Ireland . Since 2004 Aislin McGuckin is married to Aidan McArdle . ref name jbell She is best known from her role as Dr. Liz Merrick in Heartbeat UK TV series Heartbeat and being one of the two doctors to survive alive. She has appeared also in theatre and various minor roles in TV and movies including The Nephew and The White Countess . Training Rose Bruford College Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance , south east London. ref name jbell cite news title There are too few really good roles for women last Bell first Jane date 16 February 2009 work Belfast Telegraph page 9 accessdate 28 May 2010 location Belfast ref Selected stage appearances April 2005 Olivia in Twelfth Night , Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon ref cite news title Twelfth Night last Macaulay first Alastair date 2 May 2005 work Financial Times page 15 accessdate 28 May 2010 location London ref February 2009 The Home Place , Grand Opera House, Belfast ref name jbell March 2010 Title r le in The Duchess of Malfi , Greenwich Theatre, London ref cite news url http www.guardian.co.uk stage 2010 mar 28 the duchess of malfi review title The Duchess of Malfi last Billington first Michael authorlink Michael Billington critic date 28 March 2010 work The Guardian accessdate 28 May 2010 location London ref May 2011 Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon Filmography ... from Newry Category Alumni of Rose Bruford College tv actor stub de Aislin McGuckin fi Aisl n McGuckin ...   more details



  1. Kieran McGuckin

    Infobox GAA player code Hurling sport Hurling image name Kieran McGuckin irish Ciar n MacEoch in fullname Kieran McGuckin height 5 9 nickname county Cork province Munster club Glen Rovers GAA Glen Rovers clposition Half back clubs clyears clapps points clcounty 1 clprovince clallireland counties Cork icposition Left wing back icyears 1990 1996 icapps points icprovince 1 icallireland 1 allstars clupdate icupdate birth date Birth date and age 1967 9 12 df yes birth place Ballyvolane , Cork city Cork Kieran McGuckian born 12 September 1967 in Ballyvolane , County Cork is a retired Republic of Ireland Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Glen Rovers GAA Glen Rovers and with the Cork GAA Cork senior inter county team ref cite news title Change of ends affects Galway s golden era url http www.irishtimes.com newspaper sport 2005 0906 1122072860414.html work The Irish Times date 9 September 2005 accessdate 13 November 2010 ref from 1990 until 1996. Playing career Club McGuckin played his club hurling with the famous Glen Rovers GAA Glen Rovers club in Blackpool. He had much underage success with the Glen, and he also won a Cork Senior Hurling Championship Cork SHC title in 1989. It was Glen Rovers first county title since 1976. Inter county McGuckin first came to prominence as a member of the Cork GAA Cork minor hurling team in the mid 1980s. He first tasted success in 1985 when he won a Munster and an All Ireland Minor Hurling Championship All Ireland medal with Cork. Three years later in 1988 he was a member of the Cork under 21 side that claimed Munster and All Ireland Under 21 Hurling Championship All Ireland honours. By 1990 McGuckin had joined the Cork senior hurling team. He captained the side to win the Munster Senior Hurling Championship Munster title that year, before later winning his first, and only, senior All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship ... . NAME McGuckin, Kieran ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Irish hurler DATE OF BIRTH 12 September ...   more details



  1. Mark McGuckin

    Infobox person name Mark McGuckin image Mark McGuck.jpg imagesize 320px caption Mark birth place Maple Ridge British Columbia Mark McGuckin is the co host, writer, creator, and creative producer of the Canadian television series Road Hockey Rumble . In British Columbia , the McGuckin name has long been synonymous with athletic ingenuity and cataclysmic road hockey play. As a young boy, Mark grew up idolizing the legacy of his forefathers and their long tradition of psychological warfare on the asphalt jungle affectionately known as the road hockey court. In his teens, Mark put his admired tradition into practice and got beaten badly several times over. Now, having grown six inches taller and stacking on 40 plus pounds of raw twisted Canadian steel, Mark feels it s payback time He is also a Taurus Citation needed date August 2008 and very, very bald. Mark is an improvisational comic actor filmmaker who majored in Film Production at the University of British Columbia . He wrote, directed, and starred in the short film Lyon King 2004 which screened at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto and is now being broadcast on CTV Television Network CTV s The Comedy Network . Mark s other credits include principal actor in the short film Tomorrow Doesn t Look Good Either 2004 which screened at the World Film Festival in Montreal and cinematographer on the Gemini Award winning Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC Documentary Channel series College Days College Nights 2005 and the Life Network series Crash Test Mommy 2005 . External links IMDb name id 1402889 name Mark McGuckin http www.roadhockeyrumble.com Road Hockey Rumble official website http www.myspace.com roadhockeyrumble Road Hockey Rumble Myspace http www.papernyfilms.com Paperny Films official website http www.flickr.com photos roadhockeyrumble Road Hockey Rumble Flickr Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macguckin, Mark ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1981 PLACE OF BIRTH Maple ...   more details



  1. Genevieve McGuckin

    Genevieve McGuckin is a musician and song writer from Melbourne, Australia Melbourne , Australia, she was a founder of These Immortal Souls and has collaborated with fellow founder Rowland S. Howard . ref name McF McFarlane http web.archive.org web 20040616233805 www.whammo.com.au encyclopedia.asp?articleid 235 Crime & the City Solution entry. Retrieved 6 February 2010. ref ref name SpencerNickB Spencer et al, 2007 http www.whiteroom.com.au howlspace whoswho PHPMuso.php?categorywho musos&userasks 39354 McGuckin, Genevieve entry. Retrieved 6 February 2010. ref Biography McGuckin was a founding member of These Immortal Souls and has been a long time collaborator musically and romantically speaking, at various points of Rowland S. Howard . She co wrote two tracks Capers and Ho Ho The Birthday Party band The Birthday Party s debut LP Prayers On Fire . She performed on the Rowland S. Howard and Lydia Lunch cover of Some Velvet Morning , and on Lunch s Honeymoon In Red LP, where she contributed the song Three Kings . While in These Immortal Souls 1984 to 1998 she played piano and organ, and wrote music and lyrics on both their albums and a single. She also played organ on, and wrote the music for, the song Silver Chain on Rowland S. Howard s solo album Teenage Snuff Film . She lived in London and Berlin from 1980 to 1994 and now lives in Melbourne, working in film graphics, web design, and animation. She was the graphic designer on the 2000 film Chopper movie Chopper . Recently, she has been playing piano and organ in Luxedo and Vera Cruz. She has also played on an LP by The Devastations . References refbegin General cite encyclopedia last McFarlane first Ian authorlink Ian McFarlane encyclopedia Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop title Whammo Homepage url http web.archive.org ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macguckin, Genevieve ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH ... people Category People from Brisbane Australia musician stub fr Genevieve McGuckin ...   more details



  1. Barton McGuckin

    in opera there. ref name Eaglefield Hull 1924 Carl Rosa, 1889 1896 In December 1888 McGuckin was back ... Hal vy Hal vy s La Juive . ref name Eaglefield Hull, 1924 Later career McGuckin continued to sing ...Barton McGuckin 28 July 1852 in Dublin &ndash 17 April 1913 in Stoke Poges ref Arthur Eaglefield Hull , A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians Dent, London 1924 . ref was an Ireland Irish tenor singer of renown, who made his career principally in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Britain with the Carl Rosa Opera Company , but also gained a wide success in oratorio and concert. Training and early days McGuckin was a choirboy in St Patrick s Cathedral, Armagh Church of Ireland Armagh Cathedral , where he received instruction in singing, organ, violin and pianoforte. In 1871 he became first tenor at St Patrick s Cathedral, Dublin , and was a pupil of Sir Joseph Robinson . ref name Eaglefield Hull 1924 Eaglefield Hull 1924. ref He appeared in concerts from 1874, ref H. Rosenthal and J ... Trevulsi . ref name Eaglefield Hull, 1924 Eaglefield Hull, 1924. ref With Carl Rosa 1880 1887 He ... singing and for his acting. ref name Eaglefield Hull, 1924 In this period he created several ... , based on an episode in the Iceland ic tale of Viglund the Fair . It was produced in April with McGuckin, Z lie de Lussan and Frank Celli . ref Klein 1903, 284 287. ref In June 1891 McGuckin sang on Selection ... and some songs by Bemberg. ref Shaw 1932, I, 265. ref In January 1892, McGuckin was called in to sing ... Henschel and Mrs Henschel as Mephisto and Marguerite blockquote Mr Barton McGuckin had to take ... see no reason why Mr McGuckin should not some day make an excellent Faust quite as good as Mr Lloyd ... exhausted its drawing power, and was taken off almost at once. ref Klein 1903, 335 338. ref McGuckin ... in Dublin, and was conductor of orchestral concerts at the Irish Exhibition of 1908. ref name Eaglefield ... Persondata . NAME Macguckin, Barton ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 28 July ...   more details



  1. Kevin McGuckin

    Infobox GAA player image Kevin McGuckin1.jpg name Kevin McGuckin irish Caoimh n Mag Eoch in nickname Slith feet 6 inches 2 occupation Chartered Accountant ref name profiles Cite web url http www.derrygaa.ie index.php?option com content&task view&id 666&Itemid 184 title Derry player profiles 2008 accessdate ... Derry Championship medals with the club in 2002, ref name profiles Derry Senior Football Championship 2006 2006 ref name profiles and Derry Senior Football Championship 2008 2008 . Province McGuckin ... Ballinderry counties Derry icposition Right corner back icyears 2002 ref name profiles Present icapps ... 2 21 df yes birth place Ballinderry , County Londonderry , br Northern Ireland Kevin Slith McGuckin lang ga Caoimh n Mag Eoch in born 21 February 1981 ref name profiles is an Ireland Irish Gaelic football ... League title. McGuckin was captain sports captain of the Derry team for 2007 and is currently the vice captain. He is regarded as one of the best defenders in Ireland. ref name BT cite news first ... April 2008 ref McGuckin plays his club football for Ballinderry Shamrocks GAC Ballinderry Shamrocks ... McGuckin.jpg left 300px thumb McGuckin right in action against Kerry GAA Kerry s Tommy Walsh Kerry footballer Tommy Walsh in the National Football League Ireland 2009 2009 National League final McGuckin ... Ulster Championship semi final. ref name ulster Cite web url http www.gaa.ulsterbank.com interview ... GAA website publisher year 2008 ref He was named Derry captain sports captain for 2007, ref name profiles ... League against Louth GAA Louth in April of that year. ref name BT He returned to come on as a substitute ... accessdate 27 April 2008 format work Derry GAA website ref McGuckin and Derry also reached the National ... page 62 date 27 April 2009 accessdate 29 April 2009 ref Club McGuckin won his first Derry Senior Football ... ref name profiles in 2004. ref name ulster He was also part of the team that finished runners up to Leinster ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macguckin, Kevin ALTERNATIVE NAMES Slith SHORT DESCRIPTION ...   more details



  1. Shane McGuckin

    Infobox GAA player code Hurling image name Shane McGuckin irish Se n Mag Eocha n fullname feet 6 inches 0 occupation Veterninary surgeon county Offaly province Leinster club St. Rynagh s GAA St. Rynagh s cposition clubs clyears 1980s 2000s clapps points clcounty 4 clprovince 1 clallireland 0 counties Offaly GAA Offaly icposition Right corner back icyears 1991 1996 icapps points 14 0 00 icprovince 2 icallireland 1 nhl 1 allstars 0 clupdate icupdate birth place Banagher , County Offaly Shane McGuckin born 1969 in Banagher , County Offaly is an Irish people Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club St. Rynagh s GAA St. Rynagh s and was a member of the Offaly GAA Offaly senior inter county team from 1991 until 1996. ref cite web url http www.hoganstand.com Offaly Profile.aspx title Offaly GAA profile publisher www.hoganstand.com date accessdate 2010 05 02 ref References reflist Offaly Hurling Team 1994 Offaly Hurling Team 1995 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macguckin, Shane ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Irish hurler DATE OF BIRTH 1969 PLACE OF BIRTH Banagher DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Macguckin, Shane Category 1969 births Category Living people Category St. Rynagh s hurlers Category Offaly hurlers Category People from County Offaly Leinster hurling bio stub ...   more details



  1. Joe McGuckin

    Infobox MLB player name Joe McGuckin position Outfielder birth date Birth date 1862 3 13 birth place Paterson, New Jersey death date death date and age 1903 12 31 1862 3 13 death place Yonkers, New York bats Unknown throws Unknown debutdate August 27 debutyear 1890 debutteam Baltimore Orioles 19th century Baltimore Orioles finaldate September 8 finalyear 1890 finalteam Baltimore Orioles 19th century Baltimore Orioles stat1label Batting average stat2label Hit baseball Hit s stat3label Run baseball Run s stat1value .108 stat2value 4 stat3value 2 teams nowiki nowiki Baltimore Orioles 19th century Baltimore Orioles 1890 Joseph W. McGuckin 1862 1903 was a outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles 19th century Baltimore Orioles of the American Association 19th century American Association in 11 games in 1890. He played in the minors through 1901. External links http www.baseball reference.com m mcgucjo01.shtml Baseball Reference Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macguckin, Joe ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American baseball player DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1862 PLACE OF BIRTH Paterson, New Jersey DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1903 PLACE OF DEATH Yonkers, New York DEFAULTSORT Macguckin, Joe Category 19th century baseball players Category Baltimore Orioles AA players Category Major League Baseball outfielders Category Baseball players from New Jersey Category 1862 births Category 1903 deaths Category Binghamton Bingoes players Category Hamilton Clippers players Category Oswego Starchboxes players Category Toronto Canucks players Category Binghamton Crickets players Category Elmira Hottentots players Category Baltimore Orioles IL players Category Jersey City Jerseys players Category San Jose Dukes players Category Oakland Colonels players Category Detroit Creams players Category Toledo White Stockings players Category Portland Gladiators players Category San Jose Brewers players Category Stockton Wasps players Category Sacramento ...   more details



  1. Gregory P. McGuckin

    Use mdy dates date February 2012 Infobox person honorific prefix name Gregory McGuckin honorific suffix image caption birth name birth date Birth date and age 1961 07 02 birth place East Orange, New Jersey ..., McGuckin said. ref ref name Facebook cite web url http www.facebook.com pages Greg McGuckin for Assembly 197254530287725?sk info title Greg McGuckin for Assembly publisher Facebook accessdate January ..., now known as Dasti, Murphy, McGuckin, Ulaky, Cherkos & Connors. ref name Facebook McGuckin was elected ... McGuckin born July 2, 1961 is an American Republican Party United States Republican Party politician ... January 10, 2012. Biography McGuckin was born in East Orange, New Jersey and raised in Brick Township, New Jersey , where his father John McGuckin was the town s first directly elected Mayor. ref cite news url http pointpleasant.patch.com articles mcguckin looks to father s past while celebrating assembly win title McGuckin Looks to Father s Brick Past While Celebrating Assembly Win newspaper Point ..., 2012 quote He pointed to his father, John McGuckin, who inspired him early to seek a path of public ... year ref name asbury . He interned for United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ... attorneys.php mcguckin title Attorneys Gregory P. McGuckin publisher Dasti, Murphy, McGuckin, Ulaky ... was selected as Council President, serving from 2004 to 2011. ref name NJLEG cite web url http www.njleg.state.nj.us members bio.asp?Leg 341 title Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin publisher New Jersey ... Wolfe R Ocean and Jim Holzapfel R Ocean to vie for his seat. ref and McGuckin ran for the open Assembly ... and he was sworn in on January 10, 2012. ref name asbury cite news title Turnover in N.J. Legislature ... members bio.asp?Leg 341 Assemblyman Gregory P. McGuckin s legislative web page , New Jersey Legislature New Jersey General Assembly Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME McGuckin, Gregory P. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Member of the New Jersey General Assembly ...   more details



  1. John Anthony McGuckin

    BLP sources date March 2012 No footnotes date March 2012 John Anthony McGuckin born 1952 is an Eastern Orthodox Church Orthodox Christian scholar , priest and poet . McGuckin was raised Roman Catholic and at 19 became a member of the Passionist religious order. In 1989 he became Orthodox Church of Constantinople Greek Orthodox and was ordained a priest for the Romanian Orthodox Church , now serving at the St. Gregory the Theologian Orthodox Chaplaincy in Manhattan. He has written scholarly books on Cyril of Alexandria , Gregory of Nazianzus , and Origen , among others. His work has ranged over the areas of New Testament interpretation, Patristics , Byzantine history , and Orthodox theology. He is a prominent Orthodox theologian, who has taught both in the English speaking world and in Eastern Europe. His wife, Eileen, is a professional icon painter. Education McGuckin attended Heythrop College from 1970 to 1972, graduated from the University of London with a divinity degree in 1975, and received a Certificate in Education from the Newcastle University University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979, his Doctor of Philosophy PhD from Durham University in 1980, and an Master s degree MA in Education educational studies from the University of Southampton in 1986. Professional life and affiliations A former reader in Church Fathers Patristic and Byzantium Byzantine theology at the University of Leeds , McGuckin is the Nielsen Professor of Early Church History at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University in New York City . He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Historical Society . He is director of the Sophia Institute International Center for Orthodox Thought ... NewIconStudio index.html Eileen McGuckin s iconography http www.christianitytoday.com ch 2005 ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macguckin, John Anthony ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE ...   more details



  1. William McGuckin de Slane

    William McGuckin also Mac Guckin and MacGuckin , known as Baron de Slane Belfast , Ireland , 12 August 1801 Paris , France , 4th August 1878 was a nineteenth century Irish people Irish orientalist, student of Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy , September 1758 February 1838 , a teacher also of Jean Fran ois Champollion , who was given the France French nationality since 31 December 1838, being nominated Principal Interpreter of Arabic of the French Army since 1st September 1846 till his retirement on 28th March 1872 . He was born in County Antrim . He is known for his extensive translations from Arabic literature . While in France he got promoted to the following positions Chevalier de la Legion d Honneur , 24th September 1846 Officier de la Legion d Honneur , 26th December 1852 Officer of the Instruction Publique Officer of the Order dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro , kingdom of Sartdinia Elected Member, 1862, of the Institut de France Founding Member of the Association Historique Alg rienne Works Translation of Ibn Khallikan s biographical dictionary, four volumes, from 1843 Translation of Ibn Khaldun s Prolegomena , three volumes, 1863 Translation of anonymous s El Bekri , 1065, one volume Translation of Ibn Khaldun s Histoire des Berb res , Algiers 1852 1856, 4 volumes http books.google.co.uk books?id H3RBAAAAIAAJ vol. 1 , http books.google.co.uk books?id 1WD1vMYzixEC vol.2 , http books.google.co.uk books?id FIXFsDnp K8C vol. 3 http books.google.co.uk books?id ANcOAAAAQAAJ vol. 4 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Slane, Mac Guckin de Slane ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 12 August 1801 PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast, Ireland DATE OF DEATH 1878 PLACE OF DEATH Paris, France DEFAULTSORT Slane, Mac Guckin de Slane Category People from County Antrim Category Irish orientalists McGuckin de Slane Category 1801 births Category 1878 deaths Ireland academic bio stub ar fa fr William Mac Guckin de Slane it William Mac Guckin ...   more details



  1. Sutphin (family name)

    Sutphin is a family name which occurs in the United States. It is of Dutch language Dutch origin. ref http www.ancestry.com facts Sutphin family history.ashx ref People with this name include William H. Sutphin , an American politician 1887 1970 Dudley Sutphin , an American lawyer and tennis player 1875 1926 Culture stub Reflist Category Americanized surnames ...   more details



  1. Porchetta (family name)

    Unreferenced date June 2008 In Italy and North America, Porchetta has garnered some attention as a last name. In Italy, the largest Porchetta family hails from the southern province of Campobasso. Immigration brought the Porchetta name to North America in the early to mid 20th century. Predominately located on the east coast with the largest numbers in Montreal, Canada and the New York New Jersey area the Porchetta name is scattered across North America with families as far west as Vancouver, BC in Canada and Arizona in the United States. Category Surnames surname stub ...   more details



  1. German family name etymology

    . Also, many family names display characteristic features of the dialect of the region they originated in. Given names often turned into family names when people were identified Patronymic by their father s name . For example, the first name Ahrend developed into the family name Ahrends by adding ... than the people living in it the people would get their family name from the building. This name ... of Veltheim, his family name would be von Veltheim . In modern times, people who were elevated to nobility often had a von added to their name. For example, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang Goethe had his name changed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . This practice ended with the abolition ...German family names were introduced during the late Middle Ages in the German language area. Usually, such family name s are derived from nickname s. In Family name etymology etymology , they are generally classified into four groups, based on the origin of a nickname given name s, employment job designations ... Job designations are the most common form of family names anybody who had an unusual job would ... are common, with the name bearers probably only a minor functionary of a monarch. Bodily attribute names are family names such as Krause curly , Schwarzkopf black head , Klein surname Klein small , Gro big . Geographical names are derived from the name of a city or village, or the location of someone ... . B hm indicates that a family originated in Bohemia . A special case of geographical names were those ... . The name of the building could also be used as is B r Bear Engels from Engel, angel . Immigration, often sponsored by local authorities, also brought foreign family names into the German speaking regions. Depending on regional history, geography and economics, many family names have French language ... that would come naturally to a German reading the name Marquard , pronounced marcar in French, ended ... that are not noble, as in von D niken . With family names originating locally, many names display ...   more details



  1. Family Without a Name

    infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Family Without a Name title orig Famille sans nom translator image File Family Without a Name by Georges Tiret Bognet 01.jpg 300px author Jules Verne illustrator Georges Tiret Bognet cover artist country France language French language French series Voyages Extraordinaires The Extraordinary Voyages 33 genre Adventure novel publisher Pierre Jules Hetzel release date 1889 english pub date 1889 media type Print Hardcover Hardback pages isbn N A preceded by Two Years Vacation followed by The Purchase of the North Pole Family Without a Name lang fr Famille sans nom is a 1889 adventure novel by Jules Verne about the life of a family in Lower Canada present day Quebec during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and 1838 that sought an independent and democratic republic for Lower Canada. In the book, the two sons of a traitor fight in the Rebellion in an attempt to make up for the crime of their father. The 1978 edition, published at the French publishing house of the Union g n rale d ditions, displayed upon the cover the mention Pour un Qu bec libre For a Free Quebec . This was a decade after the Vive le Qu bec libre speech of French President Charles de Gaulle , two years after the Quebec general election, 1976 first election of a Quebec sovereignty movement contemporary independence party in Quebec, the Parti Qu b cois , and two years before their promised 1980 Quebec referendum referendum on independence occurred in 1980. L vesque had also made an important state visit to France a year before. Publication history 1889, USA, New York J.W. Lovell Co, Pub date 1889 first USA edition, as A Family Without a Name 1889, USA, New York Munro, Pub date 1889 as A Family Wthout a Name 1890, UK, London Sampson Low, Pub date 1890 first UK edition, as A Family Without a Name 1963, UK, London Arco, Pub date 1963 abridged and edited by I.O. Evans in 2 volumes as Leader of the Resistance and Into the Abyss 1982 ...   more details



  1. Purves (Family Name)

    For the neuroscientist and Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University Dale Purves Unreferenced date January 2007 The Purves family history can be traced back to 1066 AD. During the Battle of Hastings, the Purves family gave significant military service to William the Conqueror Duke William of Normandy . Because of their achievements, William the Conqueror awarded them lands in Suffolk in 1066 AD. Ancient land holdings Purves is a name of local origin, from Purveshaugh, in Berwickshire, shortened to Purves. Citation needed date February 2008 This name is of Scottish descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in Normandy. Examples are William Purveys of Mospennoc, who made a grant to the monks of Melrose in 1214, and Alan Purvays, who witnessed a confirmation charter by Patrick, Earl of March, in the year 1318. Names were recorded in these ancient manuscripts to make it easier for the overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When the overlords acquired lands by either force or as gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals. Other examples of this name were found in the person of a Thomas Purves, who had a charter from Robert, Duke of Albany, in 1427, and Andrew Purves, was a juror on an inquest on the lands of Tulloch, recorded in the year 1438. The origin of the name The name has an occupational , or role, origin stemming from the the collection or requisition of provisions for a sovereign http www.purves.net PurvesFamilyHistory Background Purveyance.aspx Purveyance purvea u nce, purvya u nce in middle English and purveance in old French . Family motto The family s motto is in Latin Clarior e tenebris, which translated means the brighter from previous obscurity. Settling the New World Some of the first settlers in the New World were Catherine Purvice and her husband, Nevice, 1663. Alexander and William Purves, Philadelphia, 1860. James and Jane ...   more details



  1. Sealock (Family name)

    Sealock is a proper family name surname that originated within the continental United States . This surname is relatively rare. ref http www.ancestry.com learn facts fact.aspx?fid 7&ln Sealock Sealock Family History Facts 1920 Bot generated title ref ref http www.ancestry.com learn facts fact.aspx?&fid 6&ln Sealock Sealock Families Living in England and Wales in 1891 Bot generated title ref Ancestry of the Sealock family points in various directions including England , Ireland , Scotland , Prussia , Belgium . Genetic testing of Sealock family members and research such as the Melungeon DNA Project suggests at least tri racial or Melungeon heritage among those on the East Coast of the US. Several versions of family stories exist that say Thomas the immigrant arrived in America as an orphaned small child and did not know his last name. Someone, perhaps the ship s captain, gave him the surname Sealock, or child of the sea. Thomas married Susannah Cooper in 1763 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. They later moved to Loudoun County and Fauquier County, Virginia. Their known children were James, John, William, Thomas, Samuel, Robert, and Mary. Descendants of this family are outlined in The Sealock Story Kendrick Grant Jackson & Joan D. Hackett, 2000 which can be found in several libraries. While it is known that Thomas, the immigrant, did not live where Melungeons settled, at least some of his descendants did. A male descendant of William Sealock, son of the immigrant Thomas, had an ethnic DNA test taken ref http www.AncestryByDNA.com ref in October, 2007. Test 121151 observed 40 European ancestry 25 Middle Eastern 20 Native American 8 North African and 7 South Asian. This mixture is common for a Melungeon profile. As a result, further DNA testing is needed to specify those genetic components that derive from Thomas, the immigrant, and those that are the result of the family s blended ..., had 100 European ancestry in a DNA test, also AncestryByDNA.com. Public figures from this family ...   more details



  1. Manchu family name

    Like the Mongols , the Manchu s were simply called by given name but they had their own clan names hala in Manchu language Manchu . Hala consisted of several muk n , the unit of exogamy . Unlike hala , muk n did not have corresponding names. The Comprehensive Book of the Eight Manchurian Banner Manchu Banner s Surname Clans Baqi Manzhou Zhizu Tongpu , compiled in the middle 18th century, records many Manchu clan names. Among more than a thousand names, about 600 names are the Manchus . Gioro, one of major names, is the only name that has various suffix such as Irgen, Silin and u u, possibly to distinguish from the imperial family name Aisin Gioro. See also List of Manchu clans in alphabetical order List of Manchu clans Manchu given name External links http www.manchuculture.com htdocs xxlr.asp?tab &menuid 300&menujb 3 Simplified Chinese DEFAULTSORT Manchu Family Name Category Kinship and descent Category Manchu people Category Chinese history stubs China hist stub zh ...   more details



  1. Spira (family name)

    Spira is an Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi Jewish family name . Famous people with this name include Elijah Spira Nathan Nata Spira Harry Spira Eugen Spiro Eugene Spiro , German painter Gy rgy Spir , Hungarian writer Harry Spira Karl Spiro , German physicist Melford Spiro , American anthropologist A number of other names have arisen from or are related to Spira Andr Spire Afrikan Spir Edward Sapir although there is a possibility of Sapirstein sappirstein sapphire See also Shapiro Spiro External links http www.fordham.edu halsall source 1084landjews.html Bishop of Speyer Grant of Lands & Privileges to the Jews, 1084 from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook http www.jgs online.de html bethhatefutsoth.html Beth Hatefutsoth http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 1003&letter S Jewish Encyclopedia http www.speyer.de de tourist sehenswert judenhof?switch language en Speyer Tourism Jewish Quarter The Mikveh of Speyer http www.speyer.de de tourist sehenswert judenhof mikwe , is one of the oldest existing Jewish ritual baths in Europe http web.archive.org web 20091026213238 http ca.geocities.com spirope spirofam.htm The Spiro Family of Gemzse in Hungary http spielberg.bildung rp.de Todestransporx.htm list of Jews from Speyer who were deported or survived Holocaust http www.ics.uci.edu dan genealogy Miller ndex.htm Massive family tree with lots of Spiras including R. Tzvi Elimelach Spira of Dinov B nei Yissachar as Hersh Mylech Spira DEFAULTSORT Spira Family Name Category Surnames Category Jewish families Category Jewish history Category Orthodox rabbis Category Onomastics ...   more details



  1. Oliver (family name)

    infobox family name name Oliver image image size caption pronunciation meaning Bearer of the olive branch or Ancestor region Scottish Borders language Latin or Scandinavian related names Olivier search prefix footnotes nolinklanguage yes All Scottish people Scottish Olivers are descended from the ancient family of Oliver who settled in the Border area of Scotland and England by the middle of the 13th century ref The Oliver surname on the Scottish Border , pp. 1 2 ref . By the beginning of the 16th century, they had become a kinship group in which all its members bore the same surname of Oliver. History and territory File Oliver tartan.gif thumb left Oliver tartan The main territory in which the Oliver surname lived and exercised control was Jedforest , an indeterminate area situated south west and south of the Scottish Borders Border town of Jedburgh . Originally the lands of Jedforest were held directly by the List of Scottish monarchs King , and as his tenants in chief the Olivers would have held their lands by Crown charter , but after a number of changes in feudal superior, Jedforest was granted by the King to the Clan Douglas the Red Douglas under whose protection the Olivers subsequently lived. File Oliver kilted.jpg thumb Oliver kilt Certain Highland tourist literature and associated maps explain that the Olivers were a sept of Clan Fraser . This erroneus idea has arisen from the fact that the Frasers living in southern Scotland before moving north to the Inverness area held the barony of Oliver Castle in the 13th century, having acquired it by marriage with the heiress of Oliver, son of Kyluert who then held it. At no time has any family with an Oliver surname ever lived at Oliver Castle, or in the area around it. ref The Oliver surname on the Scottish Border , pp. 1 2 ref It would seem that the Oliver Surname developed slowly over a period of time spanning the 13th ... qx oliver family crest.htm Oliver Family Crest and Name History DEFAULTSORT Oliver Family Name Category ...   more details



  1. Scandinavian family name etymology

    , zon zoon , and ssen . Denmark The most common Danish family name surname s are patronymic and end ... of the first act was that most people took a patronymic surname as their heritable family name, with the overwhelming ... by law that each family should have a single, hereditary last name. Surnames derived from placenames ... Main Swedish name The most common surnames in Sweden are originally patronymic. Family names ending ..., which abolished the patronymic practice. From 1901, everyone had to have a family name that was passed ... , or Dahl Dahlin valley . Sometimes the first part of such a composite name refers to the family s place ... Most Common Surnames in Norway DEFAULTSORT Scandinavian Family Name Etymology Category Surnames Category ...Heritable surname family names were generally adopted rather late within Scandinavia . Nobility were ... s and merchant s in city cities took heritable names. Family names surnames were still used together with primary patronym s father s name plus an affix denoting relationship , which were used by all ... patronym s were generally derived from the father s given name with the addition of a suffix meaning ... most common surnames. More than two thirds have a patronym ending in sen in their full name ... pdf 6b85e294 DDSO 20Efternavnets 20historie.pdf University of Copenhagen, Unit for Name Research ref ... surname Jensen align right 368.631 align right 278.782 patronymic son of Jens given name Jens 2 Nielsen ... right 297.937 align right 231.221 patronymic son of Hans name Hans 4 Pedersen align right 203.426 align ... son of Christen given name Christen 7 Larsen surname Larsen align right 148.214 align right 122.712 ... given name S ren 9 Rasmussen align right 117.355 align right 99.238 patronymic son of Rasmus given name Rasmus 10 Jorgensen J rgensen align right 110.132 align right 93.182 patronymic son of George given name J rgen 11 Petersen align right 130.236 align right 85.268 patronymic son of Peter first name ... given name Mads 13 Kristensen align right 58.990 align right 62.549 patronymic son of Kristen given ...   more details



  1. Hollister (family name)

    name var Heraldry There are two coat of arms coats of arms often associated with the family name Hollister however, it has not been shown that either have been officially linked to the name, since coats ... by any member of a family. The coat of arms is bestowed on an individual and is passed to the eldest ... often Burke s General Armoury is quoted as listing the following for the name Hollister Sable heraldry .... In fact this coat of arms is linked to the name Hollist. Commercial heraldry companies continue to link the name and the coat of arms. Another coat of arms, a derivation of this, was published in an unknown ... in April 1665. This is the major Hollister line in the USA. To Denmark The name in Denmark is founded by Gunnar Jensen who changed his name in the US and returned to Denmark in 1969. List of notable ... s mystery book family Hayley Wilson Hollister, character played by Dana Delany in As the World ... shop. ref name known the brands cite web url https associate.anfcorp.com anf webdav site extranet ...   more details



  1. Shah (Indian family name)

    Jainism Shah is an Indian family name found mainly in the North India n states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh . The surname has been adopted by the Jain and Hindu Bania caste bania traders . Many Jain s, vaishnava s, especially from Gujarat and southern Rajasthan , have the last name Shah . Its variants include Sah , Shaha , Sahu , Sha or Shaw . History Sometimes the Indian surname Shah is mistakenly thought that it is derived from the Persian language Persian Shah meaning King . Actually it is of India n origin. ref cite web url http web.archive.org web 20000817025625 www.dd b.net raphael jain list jain965.txt title Origin of the word Shah publisher Web.archive.org date 2000 08 17 accessdate 2012 04 22 ref It is derived from Sanskrit Sadhu meaning gentleman and Prakrit Sahu , while the actual spelling Shah in Western culture was popularized by the title of the former Persian King. As a result, especially in Western culture, the usuage of the spelling Shah has become far more pronounced than the other variants. ref cite web title Shah Name Meaning and History publisher Anscestry.com url http www.ancestry.com facts shah name meaning.ashx accessdate 2010 12 28 ref The word Sadhu Sahu is also separately used to indicate a Jain monk . See Namokar Mantra . In the Gujarat region, the surname Shah derives from the Gujarati language Gujarati sah from Sanskrit Sahukarah , merchant . Originally Sahukaar, the surname appears to have been altered under the influence of the Persian Language Persian word for king Shah or its variants. In numerous 12 13th century inscriptions the shravaka who installed the image, is given the title Sahu . ref Kasturchand Jain Suman, Bharatiya Digambar Jain Abhilekh aur Tirth Parichay, Madhya Pradesh 13 vi shati tak, Delhi, 2001 ref table border 1 style width 250px float right tr td style background Goldenrod border 2px solid ... sangha . References Reflist Jainism topics surname DEFAULTSORT Shah Jain Family Name ...   more details



  1. Family name affixes

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Family name affix es are a clue for family name etymology and can sometimes determine the ethnic origin of a person. This is a partial list of affixes. TOC left clear Prefixes A Romanian language Romanian son of Ab Welsh language Welsh , Breton language Breton son of Antune Portuguese language Portuguese Anthony Ap Welsh language Welsh son of Abu Arabic language Arabic father of Also used in Hebrew prior to 1300 BCE Al Arabic for the in names, e.g. al Shehri Alm Swedish language Swedish , Danish language Danish , Norwegian language Norwegian elm Alt German language German old Bab Polish language Polish , Ukrainian language Ukrainian , Slovakian language Slovakian , Czech language Czech woman especially old woman B ck Swedish language Swedish brook Bar Hebrew language Hebrew son of Bath , bat Hebrew language Hebrew daughter of Beau French language French beautiful , step son, father , alternative spelling for Bau Beck Swedish language Swedish brook archaic spelling Ben Arabic language Arabic and Hebrew language Hebrew , son of Berg German language German ... of zadeh See also List of most common surnames Patronymic Family name etymology Scandinavian family name etymology Slavic name suffix Tussenvoegsel Dutch prefixes DEFAULTSORT Family Name Affixes Category ... of nobility in Spanish speaking countries a married woman will sometimes append her name with de XXXX where XXXX is her husband s last name Dutch the Degli Italian language Italian of the . Here ... rapids fort French gil , Turkish, family gaard , gard , g rd Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, French ... , Croatian language Croatian ik Estonian language Estonian if it follows a tree name, has a meaning ... female name in French diminutive ing Anglo Saxon, German place of the people of ino a common suffix ... example Suratwala one from Surat wan Indonesian denotes a male name wati Indonesian denotes a female name well English white , waite English clearing wood English worth English homestead wright English ...   more details




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