Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-11
NAMES FROM TRADES.


rp,iau. DerivatI"ns That No Interesting.
Examinations. aud Combination. which
Take y. mack to the Ola Days In rng.
tand.
Thsrr were no hereditary srrnamra In
England before the time ~ tho Norman
conquest II 4 trne that sufnam.s m.
given In nomosday Book. bnt these were
lorihe mos, par official aud professional.
and we're not transmitted ~ family names.
A. early as the Twelfth uonury H. wna
Thought rtsentlal for perspns Of rank to
ielf q surname. aud gradually the use ex.
tended through all the lower Glasses. Not,
however. until the reign Of Edward n. In
thp Fourteenth century, was the use an.
forced by an act of parliament. Conse.
guen''y the tracing Of pedigrtss beyond
iis Thirteenth or Fourteenth century il
dimduli II not impossible.
The origin of family names u widely dif.
fefr1t. aud yet upon examination the IN.
ierrnce ia not 70 great a. app ears ON the
.uffirr. Perhaps the most common orilin
isthat ~ aon affixed 10 Christian name
tile significance ~ which Is At once Oh.
rlou.. showing thst when the name was
fr.i used a. % family name tho father WINS
John. Thuinhs or William. ~ the case
might b. We lind this same custom
among other nations. The i,ussinn term.
inli witch. the SaNon ptrnx Ing. the Jewish
l-ri. the Welsh ap. the Irish mac. the Pole
MI. all signify son, while the Irish - .lgni.
fri grandson.
The trades furnish many surnsmcs-
Smith taking the lead although the old
English rhyme ung'
Bot whence comes smith, all 10 he knight or
slulrc.
But fr5in tic smith that forrc,h at the arc.
TEnNiNAfioss.
II l. not quite true, for the word otim
nally applied 10 any one who srote, anil
Included carpentry, mafous and pther..
Names derived from occupation usually
cnf in err Potter, Painter, Iorlmer-a
maker ~ bits for hridlcs and spurs Snltrr
the man who looked after the salt. Spli.
ler-a maker of spindle- or lathes. The
termination -tcr usually denotes woman's
occupation. Webster il the feminine Of
Webber. brewster " brewer. Dexter wa.
awomnn who worked by the day.
Many English .nrnamrs We're formed
from words compounded ~ two or more
Anglo Saxon words. The termination ham
signifies home or place. Burnham h the
place of a burn or brook; Buckingham l. q
place enitable for hceches, or n place for
soaking cloth In lye from thu ashes Of the
bceCh. Ton was at nfst an Enclosure. later
Il was aNillAgc or town; Leighton l. a
level town; Hilton. hill town. Clayton
and Newton are obvious; Norton l. tho
north town, a, Sutton the south; Milton
j. The village whore the mill j. situated;
kempton, the camp town, OF soldiers VII.
lagc. l'y Indicates q field. Stanley OF
sionly, a strong field, Ashley, a field ia.
yoahlr for ash trees; Oakly, Tor oaks;
Cowly, a field for cows.
CONVERSATIONS.
By Or III T. Danish, and implies a hablia.
fion. Byfurc I. home NJ the ford. Bytlold
Z, a home In the meadow. Knapp il III.
top u Hill. while Knowles l. derived from
knoll. lIolmc u n meadow surrounded
with water: the natural tendency 10 plur.
alizn name. gives the familiar Holmes.
In similar way wc have Halves from
haugh. green plot In a valley. Gore l.
word used la the old reour,is to describe
narrow slip Of ground. Shav.is sometimes
used alone ~ 4 surname. and Il sometimes
the terminal IN n compound word. ~ Hen.
shaw. Grimshaw. ltsignihcs n smnil wood
or ropse, The woul Il not uncommon in
old English poetry
In somcr when the shawes 10 sheyne.
And leves ba large aud long.
lit u fullc nrrry Ia fcyro ior,st
To hear the fpulrs snnE.
Godfrey j. Gods peace. Godwin aud
Goodwin, friend II Col. Halllwcll l. holy
we'll. ~ Halliday i holy day. aud Ilolyoko
holy oak. Doggett il probably the same ~
the Anglo-SaXon dogod. which Is derived
frnm n noun signifylng virtue. tn. ter.
minniion ward means keeper. Hayward l.
the kocIerof cattle. Dutward door Keeper,
Woodward a protector of the forest, Mll.
ward keeper Vt the mill.
Cross was not derived from a mans dis.
position II Indicates on. who lived neara
market cross or cross roads Stone was
originally given to SOME one who resided
near druldical or other remarkable stone.
Peter likewis. means stone boing derived
from Greek.
sAnEs FROM ruE CHURCH.
Allied 10 Peter or petcfs, which 4 the
usual form ~ the surname. ARE Pierce
Person aud other namcs whose meaning
At once becomes obvious. Roche Il rock,
coming from Latin through French. Hnr
means army; Harbcrt famous army; liar.
man. man Of the army. Harvey. an army
from war Moollry comes from the Anglo
Saxon Wulihch, aud literally means u
wolf on a high or elevated place willard
u from old German, viii aud hard. will
having the sense of resolution aud hard
meaning courageous or strong Wiley,
Williams aud Willmot are Of kindred
origin.
The church has furnished great variety
u surnames, Pope, Parsons, Vicar, Bishop,
Dean, Deacon, CLARK, Priest. VITA thepre.
Tx Mac come Mac Nickey, Mac pLetson,
while Priest leads 10 priesily aud oti.crs.
The names Of saints lave been popular az
surname. st. Clalr Is sometime, changed
Ia Sinclair Augustine Il contracted to
Austin, BENEDICT 10 lcnnrt, 81. Mature be-
come, seymour. The crusadrs opened the
way Tor Palmer, tho pilgrim who visited
the holy land aud bore branch NJ palm 49,
q token thereof. Payne, Il Is claimed, was
the maine given 10 some paynimor Mussul
nnu who embraced the Christian faith dur
ing the crusndr-, Toronto News.
sparinE the Rod.
The parcni who HES 10 the rod TO cor,