The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-09-30
Gazette SupplementSept 30, 1885.

soil, are said to mean, seyerally, crook
nosed' and 'crook-mouthed
Gambler, Chandler-The one who at
tened to the candies at church.
CRrver-From the old Office of carver.
One was known as Adam le Kerver"
Castle, Cassel-"Doubtless this latter
was but a synonym of the constable and
his duties as governor, but the same
Chapman, Copeman, Packman-"Ihe
former is sometimes met with as Walter,
or John le Chepman, which at once re
mainds us of his origin, that of the cheap
man. or cheapiack,' as we should now
style him" An act was passed IN Edward
Wis reign to suppress IN some degree the
number of this wandering fraternity.
"Forasmuch as it is evident that tynkers,
pedlers and such like vagrant personnes
are more hurtful than necessarie 10 the
commonwealth OF this realm, be it there
fore ordained that no person or personnes
commonly called peddler, tynker, or petty
chapman shall wander or 60 from one
towne to another
Cleyeland.-trom 'cloughs,' which re-
present the narrow fssures between the
hills. Clives, Chffords, Cliftons an
Cloughs are similarly derived.
Golden is OF similar origin, und is de
rived from its local use, as is shown in
Copes, Cops, Copseley, Copeland, and is
taken from prominence of rock or eartb,
which was called cop or cope from
the Saxon cop head
CORVALLIS is county surname, and
took its origin from corn-growing sect
ions.
Crocker-~Our Stephen lie Crockers'
and John le Crockers" made simply tn,
glazed crock or ",rouke" used for hold
ing butter or milk or such ike store-yes
sells, in fact, reserved for the scullery ol
pantry, rather than the parlor or hall
Crooks, Cruikshank- soma Tor
sonal deformity.
Curteis, Curtis They were SO called be-
cause Of their courteous manners, beint
especially gentlemen.
THOSE OF THE LETTERS AND Z.
Davies is form corrupted from David
and ranks in the same category as th'
Dsyidsons, Dawes, Dawsons, DRwkes
Dayes, Daysons and Dakins, when no
| Deskin.
Deakin-"The lower ministerial ofiic'
is suggested TO us in Phillip lie Dekene
and Thomas Dekin, but we must be care
full not to confound them with 'Deakin
which is often but another form of 'Dakir
that is 'Dawkin.' or little David
Dean Is from dean or den, sunker
wooded vale, and is continued in sue
names as Brogden, Floyden, Cowden, Oe
den and Dibdin, which is but deep den
and Den.
Dewhurst Is from dew, from the Saxol
| kseh llx-
Duerhurst; and names beginning wit
dew may be known to have been eithe
deer-slsyers, poachers or otherwise
Dupont is Norman name and probabl
from some local peculiarly with respec
to their early homes.
Elliot Is an early name and seems
! have arisen in the Crusades, and IT Is SUI
posed that when the armies lay befor
Acre, the memory of Elijah and the prt
phet Of Carmel came oft to mind. In th
: early roll there are to be found as Eli
Elys, Elice, Ellice, Elyas, Helyas and i
diminutive Elliot, and then Ellisons, E
kins and Elkinsons.
Emersons Emery, though now utter
forgotten as a personal name, may be sal
! to live only in our surnames. 1t was ont
no unimportant sobriquet, Americ, Alr
eric, Emeric,n till it grew into Emerson
and Ingrams.
5 English-"It is to our brethren ovl
: the border. too, we owe the more speci
! form of 'Ihgils,' known better in Il
i South as English"
+ THOSE OF AND C.
e Fair, from ~Fere,n companion, and q
5 names with the prefix OF Fair may be sa
TO have common ancestor.
Fawkes is an ancient name and su
{ posed to be from Fox
} Field-Frum 'feld,r field.
= Fish, Fisher, Fiske, from their tishir
e occupations
Fletcher, Artelier, "a bowyer or bo
maker; also fletcher, or one who max
both bows and arrows
Garber-"0ue who gadded about fro
door TO door to talk the gossip and scand
y the modern tattler, in fact Our form
Gerald le Gaburs' and Stephen le Ga
bers' were equally talkstive.H
Garrett,s verbal corruption from Gerai
: Gibb-The English, in the time of (
e Conoueror, affected st. Gilbert, and
became so common that cats were nam
after him, and, eventually, men. And
a old verse. says;
How. Gyb, so0d H0rHs, ~teler coys thoa'
Gibbons, Gilpin. Gilbert and Gibbons
n have common father.
b Gladstone-Locally It Is found in ''Glt