Question Home

Position:Home>Genealogy> Looking for info on origins of my family names?


Question: Looking for info on origins of my family names!?
looking to find out when the family names of doody, tallon, hackman, burman, hobbs, meaker & marshall was first recorded as there is a possibility their spelling may have changed sometime in historyWww@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I found this information for you,
Surname: Doody
This is an anglicized form of the Olde Gaelic name O Dubhda!. The Gaelic prefix "O" indicates "male descendant of", plus the personal name Dubhda, from "dubh" meaning "black"!. The sept claim descent from Fiacha, brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages, 4th Century King of Ireland, and for centuries the (O) Dowds were the leading sept in the ancient territory of Ui Fiachrach (comprising North Mayo, Sligo and parts of South Galway)!. Several clan members were bishops of the see of Killala, (Co!. Mayo)!. In the 17th Century many (O) Dowds fought in the army of King James and their chief at that time, killed in the Battle of the Boyne (1690), is reputed to have been seven feet tall!. On May 25th 1847 Michael Dowd, who embarked from Sligo, was a famine immigrant into New York!. The name is also anglicised as Dowda, Doody, and Duddy!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Sen!. Bhrian O'Dowd, chief of Ui Fiachrach, which was dated 1354, he drove Anglo-Norman settlers from his territory, during the reign of King Edward 111, known as "The Father of the Navy", 1327 - 1377!. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation!. In England this was known as Poll Tax!. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling!.

Surname: Tallon
This interesting surname has two possible sources; firstly, it may be of Old French origin, introduced into England after the Conquest of 1066, and is an example of the sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames!. The nicknames were given in the first instance with reference to a variety of characteristics, such as physical attributes or peculiarities, mental and moral characteristics, including supposed resemblance to an animal's or bird's appearance or disposition, or to habits of dress and occupation!. The derivation is from the Olde French "talon", heel, and the nickname would have been given to a swift runner or to someone with a deformed heel!. The surname may also be from a Germanic personal name derived from the element "tal", destroy, either as a short form of a compound name with this first element, or as an independent byname!. The surname is first recorded in the mid 12th Century (see below)!. Hugh Talon is listed in the 1180 Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire, and Johanna Taloun is noted in the Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk (1327)!. Recordings of the surname from English Church Registers include: the marriage of Elizabeth Tallon and Benjamin Drake on June 12th 1671, at the Temple Church of England, London; and the marriage of Edward Tallon and Margaret Lambert, on November 29th 1725, at Ingleton, Yorkshire!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Henry Talon, which was dated 1160, in the "Documents relating to the Danelaw, Lincolnshire", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189!. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation!. In England this was known as Poll Tax!. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling!.

Surname: Burman
This unusual surname is a variant of Burkman, which is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is derived from the Middle English (1200-1500) "burghman, borughman", from the Olde English pre 7th Century "burhmann", meaning "inhabitant of a (fortified) town"; the first element "burh" is itself derived from the Old High German "burg", which was the usual Germanic word for a fortification!. In the Middle Ages any sizeable habitation had to be fortified, but in England the Middle English term "burc" came to be specialized to denote the site of a prehistoric hill fort!. However, Burkman was usually used to identify one holding land or buildings by "burgage" (from the Latin "burgagium"; this involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to money in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town!. The modern surname can be found as Burkman, Burman, Borro(w)man, Barrowman and Barryman!. Recorded in the London Church Registers are the marriages of Robert Burman and Elizabeth Griffen, on June 22nd 1570, at St!. Dunstan's, Stepney, and of William Burman and Agnes Halsnode on June 13th 1571, at St!. Peter's, Westcheap!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Burman (Burghman), which was dated 1221, witnesss in the "Assize Rolls of Gloucestershire", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216-1272!. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation!. In England this was known as Poll Tax!. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling!.

Surname: Meaker
This interesting surname is of pre 7th Century Anglo-Saxon (Germanic) origins, and derives from the topographical word "Mucke"!. The literal meaning is "the muddy place" but as in the period before the draining of lands became common, all places were more or less muddy, the interpretation has a wider meaning!. In fact "Mucke" refers to water meadows, low lying areas which were allowed to flood in winter, a "meaker" being a person who lived or worked at such a place!. The name has long been recorded in England as Meaker, Mecar, Mecer, and the curious Meckeurer, and examples include Mary Meaker who married Edward Tomson at St!. John's Church, Hackney, on December 14th 1619, whilst on August 21st 1782, Elizabeth Meaker married James Warham at St!. Olave's Church, Southwark, both in London!. The Coat of Arms is from Balgheim in Germany and is per pale countercharged blue and gold charged with two silver fleur-de-lis!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ellen Meacer, which was dated December 21st 1577, marriage to Isaac Purpoynt, at St!. Leonard's Church, Eastcheap, London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, known as "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603!. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation!. In England this was known as Poll Tax!. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop"

Surname: Marshall
Recorded in over fifty spelling forms including Marshal, Marshall, Marschall, Marschalleck, Marshalleck, Marskell, Mascall, Maskal, Maskell and Maskill, this is an English and French surname, but one of ultimately pre 7th century Germanic origins!. Although generally regarded as deriving from the French word "mareschal", the ultimate origin of the word lies in the Old High German "marah" meaning a horse, plus "scalc", a servant!. This indicates that the term "marshal" was originally occupational for one who looked after the horses, a very important function from the most ancient times in history'!. By the 11th Century whatever the original meaning and however high or low the status, the word useage had developed to that of the most important person in a noble household, and as the highest office of state 'The Lord Chief Marshall'!. In England where the earliest surname recordings are to be found, a good example is that of Rainald le Mareschall in the charters known as "Documents relating to the Danelaw", for the county of Lincolnshire, in the year 1140!. There are no less than fifty-eight British coats of arms, and a similar number on the Continent, granted to members of this illustrious 'family'!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is believed to be that of Godfridus Marescal!. This was dated 1086, in the famous Domesday Book for the county of Wiltshire!. Godfridus was a Frenchman, who was granted lands in England by King William 1st, following the successful conquest of 1066!. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling!.

And the following information came from www!.ancestry!.com
Hackman Name Meaning and History
English: occupational name for a servant (Middle English man) of a man named Hake (see Hake)!.
Respelling of German Hackmann, or a Jewish spelling variant of this name!.
Respelling of German Hachmann, topographic name for someone living near a hedge or enclosure, from Middle Low German hach ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’, ‘fenced pasture or woodland’, or habitational name from a place called Hachum (dialect Hachen) in Lower Saxony!.

Hobbs Name Meaning and History
English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Hobb(e), a short form of Robert!. For the altered initial, compare Hick!.

Hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Go to any search engine and type in
origin of surname !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
In answer to your second question - most surnames have different variations on the spellingWww@QuestionHome@Com

i just heard of one of those names , (hobbs )never heard of the others Www@QuestionHome@Com