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Re: Mildred Carnell in NC & TN
Posted by: katie rankin Date: January 01, 2000 at 18:56:04
In Reply to: Re: Mildred Carnell in NC & TN by Tharell Morrow of 126

I have read in a genealogist's column that the name CARNELL is a corruption of the french word CRENEL (as in the crenellations on castle walls 1_1-1_1-1_1 where archers stood) possibly indicating some distant CARNELLS were archers.


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