Re: where does the name wall come from??????
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In reply to:
where does the name wall come from??????
12/23/00
My Dad Robert Ernest Walls (1908-2002) Pike Co, Benton Twp, Ohio, said we are from Wales. Another family member said we were coal miners in Wales.
My Dad also said our name used to be Welsh but someone changed it to Wall. Welsh is a German name.
My Wall(s) line came to the United States in the mid-1600's and settled first in Sussex Co. Delaware, then moved to West Virginia and finally to Pike Co, Ohio in 1801.
I've seen genealogical evidence that Wall came from French Du Val and Spain's Da Valle meaning "of or from the valley".
Sarah Walls
St Petersburg, Florida