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bejarano-korea · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

My surname is Hughes and it is WELSH! Cool

Grandad Owen Idris Hughes moved from Abergele to Liverpool in 1929!

He was a cop in Liverpool and won a bravery award for tackling a runaway horse in the city centre.

Only got to be as high as a PC because he kept clobbering his sergeant (s)
like the true Celt he was - he liked a drink!

Whats your family surname and give us a bit of history about an ancestor!

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

That's great. What's your date of birth and social security number?

bejarano-korea · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

blurgalurgalurga · Joined: 18 Oct 2007

Mine's an Ellis Island name. When great-grampa Blurgalurgalurga came over to the US in 1895 from somewhere in the Austrio-Hungarian empire, NYC immie was like "yes, but how so you spell 'Blurshkalurshkalurshkla?' What? No speaking the Englishes? Alrighty then, your new name is Blurgalurgalurga. It sounds Irish, so the cops'll beat you less."

Based on a true story. Names may or may not have been changed to protect the somewhat innocent.[/i]

peppermint · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:39 am Post subject:

One of a handful that are unique to Canada. Around 1800 or so, three brothers with my last name landed in an obscure corner of the New World and founded a tiny town (current population of the town: 634- if you count housepets) No historical record of the name before then.

There wasn't any authority in place to change their name like at Ellis Island, so either my ancestors couldn't spell or they were on the run from something. Razz

Matty · Joined: 13 Jun 2008

马 as given to me by my school some time ago and taken from Matthew
or 매 as given to be by my Korean friends similarly.

traxxe · Joined: 21 Feb 2007

My surname came from two brothers who were on the run. One comitted murder in the Netherlands (Dutch ancestory) they got out right after the murder. Came to America. One brother settled in Kentucky where my family is from. The other in Georgia.

Sounds like bullshit I guess. So goes the family lore. The two families split up but both sides share the same story. I met a man with the same surname (though the two branches of the family do not know each other anymore) and I thought it was all BS until then but he said his side of the family has the same basic tale. Though he added that there was a stabbing that caused the murder. Never had heard that.

Still a bit skeptical.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

My family name is Dutch, complete with a double vowel. According to the relatives who still live there, the name came about in 1485 when multiple-great grandpa moved to town. Someone asked his name and he said, "Fred". The other guy said, "Fred, hunh? So is that guy, that guy and the other guy. Which Fred are you?" Multiple-great grandpa said, "I'm Fred 'from down the road'". And so we are still to this day Fred (or whatever) From Down the Road.

Stormy · Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Location: Here & there

I don't have interesting stories like that. Crying or Very sad

My last name is a trade. Dull.

bluelake · Joined: 01 Dec 2005

Although my family name is French, and I do have some French ancestry, I don't think I have any blood relation to the family my name came from. My g-grandfather was in the American Civil War; he was one of two American Indians in a company of the 1st MI Sharpshooters--the other Indian was his half-brother. He was eighteen and his half-brother was thirteen. His half-brother had my family name, while he had yet another French name (and we have no idea why he had it either). After the war, he took on his half-brother's name.

nolegirl · Joined: 17 Apr 2008

My last name is Smith, original, huh?? My intials are J Smith.

I don't think I have any kind of interesting story for that.

Its so common I will put it on an internet board b/c it would be impossible trace me since its so common.

One good thing is I never had to spell my last name for anyone!! Small victory

peppermint · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:16 pm Post subject:

traxxe · Joined: 21 Feb 2007

JustJohn · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen

My last name means bell-goat which is apparently code for leader. It was awarded to the first of our line for his valor in naval combat.

Roch · Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

Patrilineally, East Anglia via Normandy and Denmark. Matrilineally, Bavarian Protestants who, due to religious-political strife, decided to move to the Scottish Lowlands.

Bullwinkle, he's a totally different story altogether. Fuhgedabout it!

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