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Origin of Surnames: Conwill, Conwell, Cromwell, Cornwall
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Re: Origin of Surnames: Conwill, Conwell, Cromwell, Cornwall
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Posted: 13 Jul 2005 9:08AM GMT
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Edited: 14 Jul 2005 6:05AM GMT
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Cornwell
I followed my own advice, in a post a couple of posts down from yours, and found this:
Cornwell is an English regional name from the County of Cornwall, named for an Old English tribal name Cornwealas , from Kernow -- the name the Cornish people used to describe themselves, possibly meaning "horn, headland" + wealas = strangers, foreigners. Occasionally, Cornwell is a place name from Cornwell in Oxfordshire, from Old English corn < cron, cran = crane + wella = spring, stream. Cornwall and Curnow are variations.
I'll leave the rest to you; no sense in my having all of the fun.
Family names evolved over hundreds of years, as towns got bigger and "John" was no longer enough to identify a man; so he became "John the Smith" or "John, son of Donald" or "John of the Green" (meadow - a cowherd). Those in turn became John Smith, John Donadlson and John Green.
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Re: Origin of Surnames: Conwill, Conwell, Cromwell, Cornwall
Ted Pack
13 Jul 2005 3:08PM GMT
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darrell dietrich conwell
13 Jul 2005 5:43PM GMT
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4 Mar 2006 3:27AM GMT
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Ted Pack
4 Mar 2006 3:51AM GMT
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Frank Siegle
4 Mar 2006 2:06PM GMT
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