The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-25
en- iNGES ~ WAVES.
DisEuises That Phonetic spelling fast Ou
Family Trees.


L. HHr IOlIpE - IHT Sr> ~ There
- uplrtng very strange about the changes
. iu m" Anglo Nmericsn names Quoted hy
Nure-'rN m INT SIS In Colonial times
nearly III Nance " ere written dow n phonetic
alIN In an English name a letter might
. he DROPPED or inserted. hut a. rule the
; name remained substantially the same a.
rhr orIgIui'. The sound having been IRE
-"r, ci
/ Mu.I NOR" extraordinary tTansforma-
'lou- t"oa Pile" ~ the odd 'slr'c names To
such an eNtcui h.Ne some ~ those pAmss
. p."u ,H.Uged nat mhny Americans who
tr" .i"-. ended nom Irish immi grants are
eel zoo r-.lr,. o. l-''heF are of LnElish SCOT
.r oven o. pu'.n descent
trrt. Q. .nrn,r of YEAR have been search
ne 10 ,uIuu.tI -, ord Tor traces ~ those
Ir-u r.ou"'T> hose share IN ne LAYING
s' '.a .r.t Co.,. '- uf he republic has been
.,u...f .r '"frIri hy some shallow com
'."'. ...-. 90 Nm"ri,an history have
..,.... ...f b" LEGS Of original Imnigranta-
.....-.r ..s'.-r n. lrrt Baltimore and WI
un. Penn .l" N--"mh'g Tro' eeiings
,..r. I...rt- r"' "rd- oi ne and Office
-...-.-fn-- .I ....- court and phur, records
".I mo. .r.u"r~. and many other sources
OF information rha' are available IN the
Archives ut the different Sta'es VhiCh com
Iri-" ihr Original thirteen colonies
IN" study Of elite pdtronvmi,s and their
-'ff'tnr prra-eu.ogy - y fertile ield for
,n,"., CATION oven IN Nm"r,"a, and " one
ha- 400. apoU ledge a. an &C the language
iron, ur'n tho sr" derry O.. he Nill ind 70
a fupr. %. absorbing lnf"rc>t may zav
fntt though numerous IRISH names are IN
'u" "aT.' r"'"r T.. they 10 not NV any means
Indicate the 'Ii, extent NJ The I sltI" element
Nf,h established lt~eli principally m he
southern '.lonI"- before the close Of The
..ysuteanrr century Not alone Vsrs
Ir.-u NAMES 'hangsl and accumulated 10
name. of Ing.r-n origin alter heir oW nor.
ftHHF hat Fra AM
pf sch names hat already undergone ron
. ~IdsrIhI" ,nange IN fh"'r original home
Hence % I- thar far more people ~ celtic
flnni ..ul, - mo coronis. than Is Apparsn'
from ~" uumhrr ~ celtic names on ne
records
rnd such name iransformai ions -
tfarI from GtleTN SomerS from Mac
Gaurtu Wht'"omb from Mackiernsn
S'nI'r from Ntct, an. and 50 on lndeed
The q. prcd name- are bat literal rransla.
ions 81 IN" originals For example
.u' i"rt '"m"~ from tnr Gae,c word mean
Ius a .'.rTA or --@"retarv. while Mac
Gaurtn j. derived from Gael" ""rf
-lsulfrIus summer
N.rr,iIir from O'NuI, hin. Morrow from
Kn.ii, from 'o.Nei,l. ,lsrin from Ma
Laugh In. 'arNl and ,orol from oisrro.
and Err IN ron. p'Hrien II may h~ ~
"a. "rr-' - state that william Jenninss
Rrypn ~ Nrhraska j. de-Cended from one
William u.Eriin. a -oldl' of King James
ARM. Who .ettl"d IN Pasguol CounN.
North ,4r"'na, N 1870 No doubt he "a.
irunu ireland ufter tho fatal treaty II LIN.
~. h are known to history
The nfo-i common method ~ changing
IRISH uawrS in Nmerica was hy suppr".slns
mo MiI"sian pr"flNe- Mac and n and
something's ht 'ran-po-ing the sy'ah--
of 'hr 'r'iu", hv which means the Origins
name entirely lost - distinctive 'hatar.
'"r htN" oven come across such gro>s,'
rrli,.."u 'rhn-posirioD a. Nayilus y
cam hardly I.' said thai thi- silly a'iemri
io iI-ruI-" h" name of Sullivan va '"rv
a.. -....y. $500. 81. "A, a.. .r.,.at
~ beng dropped was translate and -
equivalent -pU' added To IN" nam" Nl"n
r..'% cr. 9!.'%'- ,lscNnTTs Mor-,.on
Ns,N'Il ~. lon Macdonald. ponila-or.
and ~ on esq r""plc now thin ',"r
g-rllt gr.'fsn down m tho records -
lIft~ arf"l ant on racing their de>' enc.
anti find 'n"rr 'nrogtng tho nam" ~ Tar.
from Do" ~ n'cl' rae" of I"rtIGh'
t,"n. .,Ir,' r.c,, -. down az. t. .,S.F',l.
ni'u". n 81 least On" insian'-. h"' '"e
n he 'r2C.r!'; from no t:,l r''1r s: e
~"rn s''h uamc~ - charity Tor Wac a'll,'
cur" t"r Ma,"uir" k"N -, ,ur 49,
ophc-I- fnr o'Farrrll. Rurrin for" h'fn-
Shan-""" for - ~haughnr--' 'u -
rosters 81 the irmy al th" h"N"l, ton ~
," found ~iCh name - Doll Nas.1',Trrr
kail. IL" -hl"y. Morph"v. nunr'rH,h..
~"ylovan. Ohriant. pvn males l'tI~-., a.,
hni'"y. tltnIkIn. M"lonnlv. NuA1n We,
GbNuH ftulleThUfn ana many H'N'~ W.
which are ea- " recognizable -.
Ia 1888 on" Edward - Dvy"r founded IN
cNtsu-IN" settlement in Cecil county,. NNN.
land which no called New Nuu-f.I ehI
~ records which I haN" cNaruinrI Ut.
Land pf'ir~ Ut annapolis I fnd '.- an.
written down ~ rldWirI bNNf,
wealthy IRISH plan cr named Dennis nd l,'r'.
VII" settled on 'hs Eastern ~h"i" ~.
thr-lpnakn 100 lUs7. - vfttf"n d''n y
. Deer ~ bruuI~ and som" oi hI~ .'- NV.
ants N"r" known 10y %" -.Ifuam" .''nt'
While the un~prinE 81 bf'an ~ 49,.
coil county. one ~ the iiunlgrt' ."n =.
ct ! ord baltimore. called them ~cI'"- '',t
Numerous similar instance IAN ~ -.
shown how ON account uf 10" .fn-'-
Which Irr~u natneS have suffered. H't -,
conversion INTO English iorm~. IF. IT,.
been dcprI,rd Of much 81 tho ,rr,i' '''.
bcr- ard the influence " her -''- -.
WfE ~ "i AWcrgrIn history n'"
~"n"d ufuppffiUnntclN W O. ~