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Falkyrn
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When an English surname, it is derived from the color as a Nickname or the man who liked to wear green, who played the "Green Man" in the May Day celebration, or who lived near the village green.
Verdon, The French form of the name is Verdu/Verdun . In Catalan it was called Verdu (accent over the -u). The name can also be a French form of the Italian name Verde , from the Italian word verde = green. It is presumed to have been a nickname for someone who always dressed in green. The diminutive form of the French version was often Verdon. Variations of Verde are Verdi, Virde, Virdi, Lo Verde . French forms of Verde are Vert, Vert, Ver, Levert . Other diminutive forms of the name (as in Little Green, Greenie, Greenette, etc.) are Verdelli, Verdini, Verdicchio , (all Italian); Verdel, Verdelet, Verdet, Verdon, Verdonnet (French).
from http://www.plumdigital.com/0_genealogy/FamNames.html
So possibly a fancy way of saying Green
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Cuimhnich air na daoine o'n d'thainig thu
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sarah
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I could only find one in the 1881 Census in Scotland, so I would say very, very unusual.
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bel_jon68
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Welcome back, Adrian!
I've never thought of Verdun as an unusual name, as it was my late great uncle's name. He was born and bred in Montgomeryshire to English/Welsh parents, so goodness knows where they got the name from...other siblings had 'ordinary' names such as William, May, Frederick, Francis, etc.
Funnily enough, though totally irrelevant, my grandad (Francis) married a Frances, and his brother Verdun also married a Frances - it must have got very confusing when they were all together!!!
If you find anything more about Verdun as a forename, I'd be interested to hear.
Bel
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Researching
ARTHUR, ROBERTS, LEWIS and WILLIAMS in Denbighshire/Merionethshire/Glamorgan
EVANS and JONES in Montgomeryshire
FALLOW(E)S, JONES, PREECE and GITTON in Shropshire
and the list keeps growing...
(March 2006) Now looking for HINKS, SPARKES, INGRAM from West Midlands area
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Barbara F
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Adrian
My uncle born during the 1st World War was given the middle name of Vermille.
This is a place near to Loos where my grandfather fought during the war.
I suspect, if 1917 was the first instance of Verdun in your family, that there was a similar reason. Was your uncle's father in the war or maybe a close relative?
Barbara F
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Barbara F
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Adrian
Not sure where you can go from here without a name. I assume your father and uncles had their mother's surname?
If you did have a surname you could look up the WW1 medals index and then, possibly, get your grandfather's army records. I say possibly because many, like my own grandfather's, were destroyed.
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Joy, Larkin, Twort, Baker, Whibley - Brenchley and Horsmonden area Kent Fewell and Speller - Essex and London Headington and Bateman - London Feltwell - Norfolk and London Lewin - India and NZ Evan-Thomas - Wales and London Purser and Cook - Hunts Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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