The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
Surnames of The Southland
 Their Origin and Meaning
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 F. | 1s. Io) gives his personal name as Judas. Hence some identify him with Judas. the brother of Jesus Parthia and India are represented as the scenes or his missionary labors. The Par thian king Gondophares was his con- vert, according to- the legend The an- cient sect of the Christians of St. Thomas in South India claim him as their founder.
 Along with other apostolic names Thomas spread all over Europe with the advance of Christianity. It had reached England by the seventh cen- tury. The Hundred Rolls (137s) show several variants of 1t. The records of the next century fairly teem with the name and its variants. The martyred Archbishop of Canterbury. Thomas a Beckett. gave great vogue to the name. Myriads of pilgrims resorted to his shrine and helped to spread and popu- larize his name. Italy, too, felt the in1- pulse due to the prelate who died a martyr for ecclesiastical prerogatives and his name is still a frequent one in that land. When the Portuguese reached India by sea in the sixteenth century they discovered the legendary tomb of the apostolic missionary. trans ported his relics to Goa and made him their patron saint.
 
 mostly in South Wales. the border shrines of England and in Cornwall. Thompson has overrun the greater part of England. The Scotch prefer Thomp- son without the alien "pr Tom is not common outside of Cornwall nor Toms outside of Devonshire. Tompkins is strong in Buckinghamshire. as is Tones also. Charlottesville and Oxford shire are the great homes of the Tombs and Toombs. Thom Is only sporadic outside of Scotland.
 Tr4gEs, Trew.
 These twain suruames are of the same ultimate origin. though they be- long to different classes and come from different languages.
 The former is a patronymic and means the "son of Trig." the latter Is de- true. trusty, faithful" Trig and true are. however. sisters; the former is old Morse, the latter Ang1o.Saxon.
 Tryggvi was favorite old Northern name. The Norsemen brought 1t to EngiAnd and both TrIega and Trig are found in the Danish parts of England prior to the Conquest. These were personal names, of course. The sur name Trig and Triggs is found in the Hundred Rolls of 1273 and Tryg in Kirby's Guest of 1927.
 The surname Trewe Is found in the Hundred Rolls The spelling Trew still prevails in England and in our own Southland. The North has generally made the spelling of the surname cor respond to that of the common adjec- ttVe--True.
 The Angio-Saxon treowe. trywe be- came in Middle English treowe. triwe, truwe, trewe. treue. trew i. and true. The words troth. trow, truce, trust and tr1i kh, are akin. k7f,
 The cognates are the Old Saxon triuwi, Old Frisian triuwe. Dutch trouw. Middle Low German trouwe, Low German trou, Old High German gitriuwi. Middle High German getriu- we, German getreu and treu, Old Morse tryggr and trur. Swedish trogin. Dan fsh tro. Gothic triggws, all meaning true, faithful. trusty. loyal.,s' Also the oid Prusaian druwis. "faith." and dru- researches give a plausible reason for adding the Latin durus hard" Anglo Saxon trum. firm, strong;" Irish dron. ..firm," and dru, ''very strong" G. g. in dru i'd, Druid, literally 'very wiser Greek droon, firm. strong" and Az menian tram ''fast. firm"
 These words in turn are now ex- plained as meaning originally made of wood" 'strong or. hard as wood. then --nrm.. strong. true" etc. This senaantfc explanation connects the foregoing words with the Sansklrt daru wood" Avestan dauru wood Albanfan .dru. wood" tree" Greek daru wood. spear" and drus. tree. | oak" Latin lark (with Sabine T" for d" so for darix). the lareh," old 'slavonic druva, wood" drevo. tree. wood,".. L4ithuanian derva, '.resinous woodss. Gallo darn. Irish daur, cymric