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McConnell or McConnel is an Irish and Scottish surname. [1] It is derived from the Gaelic Mac Dhòmhnaill (see MacDonnell). [2] Alternatively in Ireland, it may be derived from Mac Conaill meaning 'son of Conall', a given name composed of the elements con (from cú meaning 'hound') and gal (meaning 'valour').
Lemieux is a French surname originating from Normandy and it has been traced from Rouen in the 1600s to earlier origins on the Cotentin peninsula. [1] According to the website "Les familles Lemieux d'Amerique" ("The Lemieux families of America") the North American Lemieux are descended from two half-brothers, Pierre and Gabriel, who emigrated from Rouen, France, to Quebec in 1643. [2]
It is almost impossible to reconstruct a continuous genealogy of the family because of: the frequent repetition of the same forenames, such as Peter, Hans, Ulrich, Christian, used by the various branches of the family over many generations; the gaps in the church records; and the fact that the area in which they lived was an Anabaptist centre ...
The Matsunagas in this clan used the tsuta mon (ivy) as their family crest. Descendants of this clan continued to serve the Tokugawa Bakufu. Other Japanese people, who used the Matsunaga name but were not samurai retainers, originated from this area. Some emigrated to Hawaii, United States and Brazil in the late 1800s.
Harker is an English surname.. Some genealogical records show that the origin of Harker comes from the North-West regions of England - North of the Lake District.Speculation is that Harker is the result of the combination of Romanized hyphenation of the surnames Hart or Hare and Kerr.
Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
The McGrath (Irish: Mac Raith, commonly now Mac Craith) family is an Irish clan.The name is derived from the Gaelic Mac Craith, recorded in other written texts as Mag Craith, Mag Raith and Macraith, including the Annals of the Four Masters and the Annals of Ulster.
Richardson is an English surname most commonly found in North East England. [2] The prefix Richard is a given name popularised during the Middle English period [3] [4] derived from the Germanic ric ("power") and hard ("brave"/"hardy").