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Re: Hamel origin?
Posted by: E. Hamel (ID *****9890)	Date: October 27, 2006 at 17:27:55
In Reply to: Hamel origin? by Karen Hamill	of 650

the name came from the middle east originally, but I don't know where. The Hamels migrated from there around 1100 or 1200 AD and settled in Europe. I think the name was originally Ham, which means village (so does Hamel, and its variations). Hamel is the French spelling. There was a monk who wrote an extensive geneaology, long about 1975, I think, and it traced the family from the middle east to France.

Yes, the family is Catholic, but my family suspects a Jewish origin, and I have met a Hamel who was Jewish.

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Re: Hamel origin? Ken Hamel 1/03/08
Re: Hamel origin? Robert A. Hamel 7/30/07

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