Question Home

Position:Home>Genealogy> Origin of name..."Cashdollar"...???


Question:I knew some men by this name many years ago, working for Linde Div. of UCC. I was always curious about how such a specific name could develop, but figured it was possibly an anglization of a German? surname?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I knew some men by this name many years ago, working for Linde Div. of UCC. I was always curious about how such a specific name could develop, but figured it was possibly an anglization of a German? surname?

Your hunch was spot on:

Cashdollar

Americanized spelling of German Kirchthaler, from the field name Kirchtal ‘church valley’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

I found the below link for you if you want to look into it further.