The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25

l4llG4n|uU4al1sa BIN Hual1qluAuRMGb
coupar.
The variant Cowper. pronounced as
Cooper. was once common. but Cooper
II now the prevailing form Of the
name everywhere.
The name Is now strongest numeri-
caliy In Hampshire, Leicestershire.
| Warwickshire. Derbyshire and Sussex.
There were three kinds of coopers.
The dry coopers made casks, etc. Tor
dry articles. grains etc.: the wet
eoopers made casks to contain liquors.;
the white coopers made pals. tubs.
etc. for domestic or dairy use.
The word is derived from the Me-
diaeyal Latin cuparius. cuperius. a
maker OF the cupa or cask. This Is
cognate with the Greek. Kypellon. "a
large bellied drinking vessel kymbos
"a vat Avestan chumbo, "a pot;
sanskrft kumbhas, pot Jug kupas
hole. excavation"
Daeus.
The surname Dacus Is a patronymic
signifying "the son OF Dacus"
The personal name appears in the
.Domesday Book as that of q tenant In
the days before the Conquest. 1t is a
Iatinized form of Daco or Dago found
on the Continent as early as the NTH
century as borne by a Bishop OF Or
leans.
The name is hypocoristic form OF
some name compounded with dago,
paEobert. or pagomar. both popular
names among the early Teutons. The
name would then mean bright or illus
trtous as the dayr'
The name iss thus from the Old High
German tao or tag. day" the Gothic
days, Old Morse dagr Old Saxon dag.
Anglo-Saxon daeg. English day, cog
nate with the Old Prussian dagis.
"snmmer' Lithuanian. dagas, .har-
vest time, sAvestan daga. "a brand
mari sanskrit, ni-daghas. ..heat.
fillmore is a local surname derived
either from the hamlet of that name
IN Dorsetshfre, near Shaftesbury, or
from the parish so called In Giouces-
tershire. or both of these.
The parish of Gilmore derives its
name from the manoriaI mansion of
ancient days situated on an eminence
tnat commanded the surrounding moor
as 1t literally signifies ..the han Or,
the moor" This was the ancient seat
OF the Guise family and the site Is
now occupied by handsome mansion
OF the Elizabethan period
Ine prototheme is the Anglo Saxon
ain, ealh. hall. palace. temple" This
Is akin to the verb ealgian, defend.
protect" and cognate with the Gothic
Ems ana Old Saxon allah. temple"
Old Lithuanian elkas, aIkas. sacred
grove" Greek alike. strength" Aidi-
uonal cognates will be found under
alexander in No. ~ Of this series.
The deuterotheme is the Anglo Saxor,
NOR. which signifies waste land. .
whether marsh. fen. etc. or Highland
Or mountain waste. The principal
Middle English forms are more, moor
ana moore. Scotland prefers muir.
These are cognate with the Old saxon
NOR. Dutch moer. "a morass." Low
German NOR. "a marsh. FEM" some
times lake." German moor, 'smarsh.
fen:" Old Morse NOR. "a moor. heath,
peat" etc. fd
All these are probably cognate with
the Latin mare. sea- and the words
cited under Morgan In No. OF the
series.
The surname Gifford Is a variant of
Giffard. a patronymic denoting 'the
son OF Giffard"
This old Teutonic personal name IL
found in its original form Gebahard In
the ninth century. The name was
popular as shown by about thirty vari-
ants In ths sentimental reAbrds ofb kile
next few centuries. Among these were
SaFioAlaAus fIANAEus Gltbfu, GiIAru1s etc.
In England the Surname appears
first In the instance of Norman
knight, walter Gefeheardo or Gifrard. OF
about 1915. He was either a compan-
ION of William the Conquerer or came
to England shortly after the conquest.
In the Domesday Book of 1885 this
Walter Giffard appears as large
landholder and TENANT In chief of lands
In Berkshire. Bedfordshire, Bucking-
a fhrf1
donshire. Norfolk. Oxfordshire. Somer-
setshire and Wiltshire. over hundred
manors in all
AZ the same time Berenger Gifard il
tenant in-chfef In Dorset and wilt
shire, and Osborn Gifard or Giffard in
Berkshire, Dorsetshire, Gioucestershire,
oxfordshire. Somersetshire and witt
shire. f,gsv 4
The family grew and at the time of
the Hundred Rolls of 1873 we find a
Count Walter lGiffard. his daughter,
Emma, Lords John, Osbert and will
liam. Lady Sfbilla. and more than
score of other Giffards mentioned as
tenants OF manorial lands. etc Here
also we find the spelling clifford APP
pearing. In four instances we md
both Giffard and clifford on the same
page as variants of the name OF the
same individuals. thus proving the
identity of these names.
As Geoffrey became jeffrey, etc. (see
this name In No. SO of this series) SO
Giffard, Clifford. ETC.. became also JEFF
fard, Jefford, etc. as we see by the
time of the Yorkshire Poll Tax List of
1879.
Two places In England preserve the
name of this family. Fonthin CLIFFORD
In wiltshire. received its latter desig-
| nation from Berenger CLIFFORD, who
held 1t In Domesday times.
The village and parish of Wear Git
ford on the Torridge in Devonshire is
simply Were in Domesday Book and
the fishery from which 1t received it's
name is mentioned as a valuable fea-
ture OF the estate. The place Is not
mentioned by this name in the Hun
bred Rolls OF 1879 but the Giffards are
in the neighborhood. Emma. daughter
OF Walter. Osbernus, Floor and May
nus Giffard all hold lands in this shire
at that time. In the parish church at
Wear clifford are the figures OF a
cross-legged knight ana his lady, an
ctent members Of the Giffard family,
from which the place took it's name.
The prototheme OF the name Is the
Old High German geba. "a gift" Goth
ic giba. Anglo Saxon gyf. English gift
and give. cognate with the OLD Irish
CABIN. take" Lithuanian gabenti.
bring. convey" Old Slavonic gobizni,
plentiful" etc.
The deuterotheme is the old High
German harti. hart, Strong, hard.
powerful, etc, OF which the history
win be found under Barnard in No.
~ of this series.
Giffard or Gebahard may then be