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Surname: Webster
This interesting name, of Anglo-Saxon origin, is found chiefly in Yorkshire, Lancashire and the Midlands, and is a variant of the occupational name Webb, which was originally given to a weaver!. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century "wevva", developed into the Middle English "webbe", a derivative of "wefan", to weave!. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary!. The name was introduced into America as early as 1631, when John Webster emigrated from England to Massachusetts, and later became Governor of Connecticut in 1656!. Noah Webster (1758 - 1843), the lexicographer, was a descendant of this founder of city and state!. also Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852), the American politician and orator, was born in New Hampshire and was a descendant of Thomas Webster, whose family had settled in Massachusetts in 1635!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John le Webestere, which was dated 1275, in the "Hundred Rolls of Norfolk", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307!.

Surname: Wallace
Is this the most famous Scottish surname!? It is certainly near the top of the tree given the exposure of tradition, myth, and Hollywood, who manage to combine both!. It is therefore a surprise to most people to know that for many nameholders, the origin may not have been Scottish at all, but English, Welsh or Breton! Recorded in the spellings of Wallace, Wallice, Walles, Wallis and Wallas, and first recorded in England, the surname derivation is from the Norman French word 'waleis', meaning a 'foreigner'!. In England this was generally taken to mean a Welshman or a person living in the border counties of England and Wales, or a Celt from Cornwall, or a former Breton who settled in East Anglia after the Norman Conquest of 1066! Quite a range of possibilities!. To add to the confusion the old 12th century British kingdom of Strathclyde, which nominally at least owed sovereignty to the king of England, extended north from the west end of what is now the English-Scottish border, upto and beyond the Clyde Valley!. The inhabitants of this region were known as 'walensis', and it was here that Sir William Wallace was born!. The surname is first recorded in England in the mid 12th Century (see below), and early recordings include Robert Walleis in the Pipe Rolls of Norfolk, in the year circa 1168!. The surname is first recorded in Scotland in 1190 when one Richard Waleis witnessed a charter relating to Kelso Abbey!. Sir William Wallace (1272 - 1305), the Scottish patriot, hero of romance, and joint Warden of Scotland, (he was also known as the "Terror Anglorum"), organised the Scottish army in 1296 and for ten years kept the invading armies of Edward 1st of England at bay!. He was ultimately betrayed, taken prisoner, and executed as a traitor in London on August 24th 1305!. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Osbert Waleis, which was dated circa 1156, in the "Book of Seals" of Warwickshire!. This was during the reign of King Henry 11nd of England, and known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189!.

Malinowski or Malinovski :
Last name origin & meaning:
Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of various places named in Polish as Malinów, Malinowo, or Malinówka, or in Ukrainian as Malinov, Malinovo, or Malinovka, all named with the common Slavic word malina ‘raspberry’!.

Nearest to Sekelick that I can find, but it could be an Americanization of the Slovenian :Sekelj!.
Sekel
Last name origin & meaning:
Germanized or Slavicized form of Hungarian Szekely!. The Slovenian form is Sekelj!.

Sorry can't find Nemcova but I think it is probably Russian!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Nemcova is a Bohemian/Slovakian name!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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