Arts & Humanities: Genealogy: “Question: What is the origin of my last name?” plus 5 more |
- Question: What is the origin of my last name?
- Question: Is it possible to find someone who was born in 1883 but changed their Native American name?
- Question: Hi how do i trace the hodges bloodline?
- Question: Does having an Aquiline nose mean you have Semitic ancestors?
- Question: Am I a "Jr." or the "II"?
- Question: How can I find My Apache Roots? Does anyone have a lead to help me find my roots???...?
| Question: What is the origin of my last name? Posted: 29 Mar 2015 06:43 PM PDT It's Dutch and it means "hook." More precisely, it means from a place named hook, such as the Hook of Holland. The English and German families with this name also share the "hook" meaning. But having come from the English Houcks is very unlikely, there are only a few families in Britain with this name. The most Houcks in the US are to be found in Pennsylvania, suggesting that they are of German extraction.  |
| Posted: 29 Mar 2015 06:28 PM PDT This was the first hit in Google for "Trail of Tears". In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. ... ----------------- So, a Cherokee changing his name in honor of Andrew Jackson would be like a Sioux changing his name in honor of George Armstrong Custer, or a Cambodian changing his name in honor of Pol Pot. Most of the Cherokees in the USA in the 1880's were in Oklahoma, with a few in North Carolina. Your family legend has two strikes against it. It might be true, but your suspicion meter should be ringing, really really loudly. But, all is not lost. Someone born in 1883 would have had most of his children between 1903 and 1923. Those children would live to 1975 - 1995, assuming they got their three score and ten. They would have married 1920 - 1960. (ALL years are approximations, obviously.) Those approximations open up a world of possibilities; obituaries, marriage records, death records, wedding stories in the Society section of the newspaper . . . all of which might have his name. HIS obituary, if he died late enough in the century, might have some mention of his upbringing. In addition, Ancestry.com has a collection unique to any state, I believe; Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909. This allowed people born in Tennessee to apply for a birth certificate in the 1930's and 1940's. When they did, they gave their parents' names and birth states. He may have applied for one. So - the regulars here are pretty good. Some of us subscribe to digitized newspapers, some to Ancestry.com. We'd welcome a chance to solve a meatier puzzle than "What's the ____ family crest?" or "Where did the sir name ____ originate from?". Spend the additional 5 points and ask another question, this time with your GGF's name, birth year and place, marriage year and place, death year and place. We may be able to find something. |
| Question: Hi how do i trace the hodges bloodline? Posted: 29 Mar 2015 02:25 PM PDT Hodges Name Meaning English: patronymic from Hodge. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press "Patronymic" is a twelve-dollar word for "From the father". So "Hodges" and "Hodgeson" both mean "Son of Hodge". Back in the middle ages, when there were two men named Ralph in a medium sized town, one might be Ralph the Baker and the other, who was a farmer, like almost everyone else, would be "Ralph, son of Hodge". This happened in just about every medium sized town and big city in England. So, there were lots of Hodges blood lines. To trace YOURS, you start with yourself - or your grandparent, if they are alive, coherent and speaking to you - and go back, one generation at a time. |
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| Question: Am I a "Jr." or the "II"? Posted: 29 Mar 2015 08:08 AM PDT There isn't a suffix name policeman who will knock on your door if you switch. The main point of Sr and Jr, I, II, III, IV is that people know which "Ralph McCorkle" they are talking about. If you lived in Beloit and your dad lived in Biloxi, you could both get away without the suffix, unless you both became famous. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., for example, was a minor poet with a nation-wide reputation, (at least nation-wide among people who read minor poets) so his son, the supreme court justice, used "Jr" all of his life. At the point your son begins to get mail and telephone calls, while he's still living under your roof, you can start using the II and III to avoid complications. If all three of you live in the same town as adults, one old, one middle-aged, one young adult, you could probably avoid confusion by using the I, II and III. I disagree with Michael, although your father probably didn't become "I" until you named your son; before that you two were just Sr and Jr. |
| Question: How can I find My Apache Roots? Does anyone have a lead to help me find my roots???...? Posted: 29 Mar 2015 12:10 AM PDT Since you DON'T ALREADY have documentation of your "apache roots", then the odds are 99% that you are basing this on oral history/ family stories. And stories are almost always exaggerated or flat wrong. Genealogy is ALWAYS what can be proven by legitimate documents. For example.. your father's birth certificate PROVES his parents, and other facts. What you really are needing, is to understand the basic methods of valid research. Start with YOURSELF. Use records (never what you "know", since no one knows info from the 1700s, and as said above.. family stories are notorious for being incorrect). One step at a time. Use as many documents as you possibly can (in case of errors on one,which is also common...finding others will clarify which is the right record or wrong one). One basic record for US research is the census, which is open from 1790 to 1940 for work, and took varied information every 10 yrs. Identify your parents... then parents.. then gr grandparents.. and keep going. The documents will clarify data on each person. Each person will have DIFFERENT records based on time and place. For example, there basically are no birth/ death certs in the 1800s. If any ancestor is LEGITIMATELY Native American, it will show up in the documents. It will be in the census or some other record. The odds are extremely high that the story is incorrect. In 30+ yrs of research for many persons, I have located a total of 2 persons with VALID RECORDS of being Native American. Look for truth. Not to prove what you want to believe. https://familysearch.org/search Free site, very broad, I use it every day. It is not always the original valid record, but some are, and some will lead you to the originals. edit |
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