Family Names

Well, my father's family is German and came over on the Cattle boat after the Civil War. They changed Stottmanns to Stottmann and later one of the other generations dropped the other n. My Husbands last name is Lyon and "supposedly" they are related to Richard the Lyonhearted. Thats about it for interesting family names for my family other than we are related to a Scottish Clan (can't remember the name) and me and my sister are trying to prove it so we can join the clan.

My family name comes from the Canary Islands and it means Valley of the Roses. It is a very common name in Puerto Rico.

My father's name was changed because he was German and there was prejudice against them during the War. He changed it before he married my mother when he was in the Black Watch. Part of my family on my mother's side is part Welsh. The Welsh in the North intermarried with the Danes so there is some Viking in my background as well, and the Welsh are related to the Galatians mentioned by St. Paul. As for my father's side, there were probably some ancient Romans in his background because I have been mistaken for Danish, or Italian. My maternal grandmother's name is an old Anglo-Saxon name. My paternal grandmother was a Schmidt, and that is obvious, her ancestors were probably Smiths. I can tell you that because there are so many Smiths and Schmidts that they are coming out of the woodwork.

My Dad and Stepmother had a geneology chart done for us kids years ago and I was amazed at how far back it went...1600's, I believe. Also the spelling was so different...originally it was spelled DeLoure. Then it was changed to DeLour, then to DeLore and finally to Delor...which is what it was when I got it. Kinda neat, huh? AT PEACE WITHIN

nohing really interesting i guess. My mother's maiden name is Ackerman and when her grandfathers family immigrated over it was actually changed to that... originally it had been Ackermann with 2 N's. My last name is Lamphron and supposedly it's french. There was a Colonel Lamphron in the French army in the 1800s sent over to Canada to work with the Algonquin indians there. Well, he ended up marrying the chiefs daughter! lol those are my great-great grandparents. My maternal grandmas's maiden name was Griffin, which is funny cuz the Griffin's are from the same county in Ireland as my boyfriends family is from (his last name is Goggin). My other grandma's maiden name was Marchese (pronounced Mar-cheese-ee) but I dont know anything about that except she's Italian lol.

the only thing i really know about my family name is my last name is tubett,and spposably there is a place in ireland named belturbett,named after my grandparents.i dont know about the french side.but the cherrokee indian side my great grandmother was born in a teepee,and they named her running corn blossomas a nick name.im still getting info on this,i think its very interesting to find out more.

I did not like the sexist tradition of a girl having her father's name and then taking her husband's name at marriage, when a man kept his name all his life. A few years ago I changed my very English sounding name to my mother's Danish birth name, and I plan to keep that even after I get married.

I do not know someting like this though but ihave hard that sometimes family name changes with a long termprofession or occupation and that member then known by that profession, slowly after some generation i becomes their family nae. Yo know what i mean?