The name Henry originates from Germany, although it has roots in France and England as well(1). Henry originally came fromthe German nameHeinrich or Heimrich, “Heim” meaning home and “rich” meaning ruler. The name Henry is also acommon surnamewith origins in Irish, English, andFrench c...
The name Chamberlain was brought to England in the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is a name for a person who worked as a chamberlain. A chamberlain was one who was in charge of the private chambers of a noble, and later was a high ranking title having ...
which comes from the French “fils de roi”, or son of the king, and was a Norman-French surname given to monarchs’ illegitimate sons. Henry VIII spent some time in Essex that summer and so would have had plenty of opportunity to see his son, his only...
Henry Abramson is a specialist in Jewish History and Thought, serving as Dean of Lander College for Men, Touro University. A native of northern Ontario, Canada, he earned his PhD in History from the University of Toronto with a dissertation on the Jews of Ukraine, published by Harvard Univers...
“Oh a particular interest!” she quavered out, feeling the whole thing–her headlong embarrassment–get terribly the better of her, and wishing, with a sudden scare, all the more to keep her emotion down. She maintained her fixed smile a moment and turned her eyes over the peopled darkne...
To some, indeed, Polly's vitality and Gallic impulsiveness lent color to the notion (derived originally, it may be, from the peculiar surname) that she came somehow of French descent, if not from the dubious prelate, then certainly from Huguenot stock. Old Doctor David Shipherd, for example...
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=stanwardine&surname=Platt&byear=1793 References 1. 8 boxes of information held at The Imperial War Museum Archives, London, relating to Captain H.E.A. Platt. Ref: Documents.13982 ...