The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10


 history aud congnates under Rich above. M 4
 The dsuterotheme is the old High German hart, harti, powerful etc. The history and congnates of this ap- pear under Barnard above.
 s The name may then be interpreted e the powerful or hardy ruler
 Montgomery.
 This surname is derived from the ancestral abode of the family. Mont- gomerie. near Lisieux in Normandy. This was, presumably, at or near the present village of St, Germafn-De- Montgommery.
 This ancient family claims an origin in the Merovingian period and counts among It's members St. opportune and his brother Godecranc, the Bishop of Seex, contemporaries of Charlemague
 At the time of the Norman Conquest of England the head of this powerful house was Roger de Mungumeri, as the old chronicler Benoit records his name in II. 34,e30 and 36,702 of his "Chronique des Dues de Normandie." This Roger was son of Hugo, kins- man of the Conqueror. and was Lord of Montgomerie in his own right and of Alencon and Bellesme In the right of his wife. Mabelie orderic asserts that he remained In Normandy until after the Conquest but Wace says that he accompanied the Conqueror and led the Norman center at Hastings.
 Roger at any rate, became Earl of Arundel, of Shewsburysnd of Chicester and was granted manors in many counties, In 1oso he was in command of the forces operating on the Welsh Marches. He captured the town and fortress of Trefaldwyn. which was henceforward called Montgomery in his honor and the name was later given to the county. He died in 10s4.
 One of his descendants, Robert, was founder of the Scotch family Mont gomerie. Ike had settled in Shropshire and accompanied thence Walter Fitz- Alan the high steward of Scotland and ancestor of the royal house of Stuart. Robert received a grant of the manor still in possession of, his lineal de- scendant the Earl of Eglintoun.
 To this Scottish branch of the family belonged our Major General Richard Montgomery, who fell in the attack on Quebec. December 31. 1T75 Burnes' lines on him embody so well the lauded characteristics of the family that they may be quoted here. "Then through the breakes Montgomery
 takes
 His way; he was na slaw man.
 Down Lowrie's burn he took a turn, And on Carleton did ca man;
 But yet what reck, he at Qubec.
 Montgomery-like did ia. man; r. WI sword in hand. heading his band. Amang' his enemies a man."
 The surname Montgomery now pre- yails in both England and Scotland. Montgomery is a rare English vari- ant. The old Montgomerie is still found in Scotland. The forms de Mont gomery and de Montgomery are found on the Hundred Rolls of 1273. It is probable that not all who bear the name descend from the Norman fam fly as anyone moving from the Welsh town or county into the border coun- ties of England during the surname period might naturally have been giv- en the name.
 The prototheme of this name is the word found in the Gothic munths, Anglo-Saxon munt, Middle English mont, munt and mount, English mount. This is usually considered a loan word from the Old French mont, mount. munt, which is the French mont, and descendant of the Latin mons. mon- tis. "a mountain" whence also the Spanish Portuguese and Italian monte.
 It has cognates in the Cymric my nydd, mount" the Cornish menit, me- neth. Old Breton monid, Breton me- neg. Gallic monos. as in Erminius, a Lusatian mountain, Old Morse none, "the ridge of a roof"; Albanian maje. peak, summit" and according to one theory, the Greek Mousa, "A Muse" for Montya, "a mountain nymph."
 The deuterotherne is the Old High German personai name Gumarich. or Gomarth, found since the eighth cen- tury. - bH ss 's- This is . compound of gomo. "man," and rihhi powerful 4rich,' etc. This gotno corresponds to the Gothic guma, Old Morse gume, Anglo-Saxon guma, Old Saxon, gumo. It still survives in the final syllable of the German brau- tfgan1, Dutch bruidegom, Danish brud gom, Swedish brudgumme, English bridegroom, which has gained its "r'' since 1340. as the "Ayenbite of Inwyt" has bredgome and Aglo-Saxon had brydguma, .'the brides 1nan!"
 Among the many cognates we may cite the Lithuanian zmu, man." Old Prussian snuni person." smoy man." Old Latin hemo, Latin homo man." memo (for nehemo) nobody" Oscan humuns men," Umbrian homon man." The base Is ultimately the, Tndo-E pean ghem. "the earth.'" which appears in the Lithuanian zema. Old slavonic zennlja, Latin hnmus. Avestan gem, Sahskrit jam. "earth. ground" and the Greek chamai Ion the ground" Hence the word signifies man as 'the earth (born )"
 The final syllable is the Old High German rihbi. explained above under Rich.
 Montgomery then means the mount of Gumarih," or when fully translated the mount of the powerful or ruling man."
 (Copyright. 1908. by Samuel Grant ol-
 iphant.)