Re: What's in a name?
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In reply to:
Re: What's in a name?
9/06/00
A cousin of mine worked in Saudi Arabia for a while and was told that his surname was a royal name and he couldn't use it.The English/Scottish name is very old as you get it in Robin Hood.It was then probably or Norman otigin.The "Shire Reeve" origin seems to be correct.
My ancestors spelt the name SHERIFF and SHERRIFF, but in census it has been mistranscibed as Sherriffs, Shariff and Cheriff.
David