Reply to "Last Names"

FirenzeVeritasOld Faithful

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Originally posted by Hound Dog Blues:
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Originally posted by interventor:
In many countries, people don't have family names. The english system, for many families, started when their possessions were entered into the Domesday (Doomsday) Book for taxation purposes. Smith - blacksmith, silversmith, etc. Fletcher - arrow maker. Porter -- guard. Etc. Before, usually only nobles had family names.

Is there proof to that ?

Well, that's what they taught in Western Civ I. One of my middle class lines is Meacham, meaning stone mason. I've heard the name Roosevelt depricated as simply meaning one who lived in a rose field, nothing so great about that apparently.

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