The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02

N ana cornfsn dar. Gaelic darach. all rneaninr aoak,- Gothic triu. old Morse ire. AnRlo-saxon treo, old Saxon trio and English tree. which defines the others of the group.
 Tn the last analysis, then. Trigg and Trew may be rendered strong as an oak" or "irm as tree" which gives vivid and picturesque coloring to the usual connotation of true"
 Trevelyan.
 Thise local surname comes from that of an estate in the parish of St. Weep, near Fowey. Cornwall.
 It fs said that one, Nicholas de Tre- velyan dwelt here as early as the reign of Edward and that his ancestors had possessed the place from a still earlier period.
 The name has the variants Treveiion, Trevilian aDd Treviliion. The place name occurs in earlier times also as Trevelgen and Trevellan. The sur name is stili strongest in Cornwall Most Cornish surnames are of local origin and proverbiai distich truly affirms.
 "By Ire. Ros. Pol. Ian. caer and Pen.
 You ma know the most of Cornish men,"
 rreveIyan signifies the house or dwelling of Elyan."
 The prototheme is the Cornish Ire, trev. dwelling place. home. town. The last meaning cannot be denied as 1t is lcIearly shown fin such passage as the following from the Passio Christi (S2s) "Ef wv an brofus Ihesu. divittrys Nazare. Ire a wlascor Galile" Gle is the prophet Jesus, come from Naza- reth. a town of the Kingdom of Cali lee.)
 This is cognate with the Welsh tref,. Irish treb and GalIic treb dwelling. house. hamlet The last names ap- pear in the name of the Galiic tribe Atrebates (the' Possessors), familiar to readers of Caesars Gallic War. Other cognates are the Lithuanian troba. building Latin trabs a beam, a timber, Greek teremnon. a chamber. house. Gothic thaurp, "a field Old Saxon and old Morse thorp. old High German dorf and the English thorpe
 Gin place-names) all signifying 'vil- iage. hamlet The Celtic and the Teu- l tonic cognates are all frequent in place-nafnes and in surnames derived from them.
 The deuterotheme is from the old Cornish and Welsh personal name Elyan or Elian. This may be a deri-
 vative from the root seen In the Old
 Irish elg, Gallic ealg, noble so cog nate with Elgfn, but later influenced | by the form of the Greek AeIianos,
 with which the Welsh sought to identi- fly it.
 ThIiaserro, TeIford. The prosaic explanation of the sur name Taliaferro makes 1t an occupa- tive surname signifying '.one who cuts iron, an fron-woriker" Legend. how lever. is not content with this. but tells us that the name arose thus: Will Ham, Count of Angoulesme. in 8 battle against the Northmen, engaged their King Storis and with single stroke of his sword Durissima cut in two his cuirass and body. He in consequence received the sobriqust Taillefer or cut from
 The first of the name in England was the noble loglere Taillerfer who ac companied the Conqueror and distin- guished himself at Hastings. The old
 chronicelers tell how on the morning 1 of battle, this knight mounted on
 swift horse rode before the Duke
 singing songs of fChar1emagne. of Ro- | land and Oliver and of the peers who | fell at Roncesvalles. throwing his | sword Into the air and catching 1t | again as it fell. As they drew nigh the English. he turned to the Duke I and cried, "A boon. siri I have long | served you. and you owe me for all | such service. Today, So please you. | you shall repay 1t Task as my guer- | don, and beseech you for 1t earnestly that you will allow me to strike the | first blow in the battle"- And the | Duke answered T grant it." Then Taillerer put his horse to a gallop | charging before all the rest, and struck I an Englishuan dead driving his | lance into his body. and stretching him | upon the ground. Then he drew his | sword and struck another, crying out.
 ~come on, come oni What do ye. Firs? l lay on, lay oni'' At the second blow | he struck. the English pressed for | ward. surrounded and slew him. | The name survived and apeared again in the Hundred Rolls (1273)in the | entry of William Tailefer in Kent. In l 1929 Taylfre is found as a personal name in Hertfordshire Tailzefer was
 d Scotch variant in the sixteenth cen- l tury. The modernized Teller now