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Re: Origin and variations of the name
Posted by: Bill Liles	Date: January 17, 1999 at 09:31:31
In Reply to: Origin and variations of the name by Warren B. Roby	of 295

As I understand it, the name was Alsatian or Palantine in origin with the De being the French part and the Wald, the German. Americanized,the W was pronounced V and became Vault, Valt,Walt etc. Same for the De in that the French gave way to the Americanized The.My own family's became Da Vault sometime in the mid 18th century.

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