The our name in history collection are customized books offering a unique blend of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary about your surname. We hope you will participate on the glass forums, it is a great place to find or post information on glass genealogy and is completely free to participate. The history of the most ancient anglosaxon surname of grooms reaches far into the chronicles of the saxon race. They lived in a little vlllage, had two daughters, clare and esther. All this historical data is brought together in the form of personalised gifts to suit all occasions. When i was in ireland, i was in blarney woollen mills and there was. Aug 02, 2007 the name glass is indeed jewish and is an ornamental name from the german glass for the occupation of glazier or glass blower. Find the meaning and origin of you last name, and even learn a little history behind your last name.
A year later he brought his wife and children to akron. The surname book was first found in berwickshire an ancient county of scotland, presently part of the scottish borders council area, located in the eastern part of the borders region of scotland, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the norman conquest in 1066. Origins of the glass surname there are no clear, concise answers to why or how one of your glass ancestors took on the surname. Our editors have compiled this checklist of genealogical resources, combining links to commercial databases along with usercontributed information and web sites for the glass surname. Around the world today the surname vance is found mainly in englishspeaking countries like australia, the uk and ireland, canada, and the united states. Later some moved into other crafts such as edge tools. Pennsylvania had the highest population of glass families in 1840. History of the glass family by emma leila glass this family history was provided to me by william riddle. The meaning, origin and history of the surname glass.
It was first used by a family who lived in the rugged, windswept hills of the hebrides islands. William glass, sheriff of the county of middlesex, descending, on the paternal side, from an old, well known family of the county of armagh, ireland, the old farm homestead being still owned and occupied by his cousin, samuel glass. A few weeks back, i received the following mail from brenda mills one of our regular readers. It can be english, german, russianslavic, irish or scottish. This extremely easytofollow book will guide you through all the different stages of researching your family history online and how to record your findings. Ships from and sold by marvel books we ship worldwide. There would be no microscopes or telescopes, no sciences of microbiology or astronomy. We have collected some of the best resources from across the web to do research on glass history, glass ancestory, and glass family connections.
Glass family history gets into the books with the marriage of ricardus glase to margeriam higgons at pontesbury, shropshire, in 1540. Nov 12, 2015 the surnames are very typically scotsirish. It may have been based on their occupation or a distinguising physical trait. The story and secrets of a twentiethcentury jewish. She married wayles randolph harrison, 29 apr 1950 in danville, pittsylvania. All about glass little is known about the first attempts to make glass. Jun 22, 2006 family names and family history david hey on. On the next page is his cover letter from when he sent it to me. Find your familys average life expectancy, most common occupation, and more. View the worlds largest online library of coat of arms meanings and artwork. The collection contains nearly 300,000 family name books. Were you aware that glass is considered a very common surname, which offers its own set of challenges. In 1840 there were 83 glass families living in pennsylvania. Family names are an essential part of everyones personal history.
Coat of arms and surname history print hall of names. A world history macfarlane, alan, martin, gerry on. The theadore name in history, the kagawa name in history, the curphy name in history, the mitchner name in history, the hamrick name in history ancestr. Meaning, origin and history of the surname glass behind. By 1600 they introduced lorraine window glass into england. So, although some of these surnames originated in scotland, they are now considered irish and include the following surnames. The bold letter names are surnames of people having biosketches in the history book. We print the coat of arms and surname history onto a highquality a3 parchment scroll. Then, for about onehundred and twenty years, they anchored in newcastle and stourbridge. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Read the glass surname history and see the family crest, coat of arms for the scottish. Many with the last name glass, are of eastern european descent, where glass is a shortened version of their original last name. Your name in history book collection olive tree genealogy.
There are already 476 users and over 5,000 genealogy profiles with the glass surname on geni. It is also a jewish surname, adopted by some eastern european ashkenazi in the nineteenth century. Glass in rootsweb surname mailing lists join others on the glass genealogy mailing list for discussion and sharing of information regarding family histories of glass surname and its variations. The story of their evolution is integral to family history and fascinating in its own right. We have the meaning and origin of last names from cultures around the world. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the persons given names to the link. All of the products sold by were researched and created by swyrich corp. Linkpendium s goal is to index every genealogy, geneology. The surname glass is derived from the gaelic word glas, which means gray, however, it may also be a shortened anglicized form of the surname macgille glais, which means son of the gray lad. This was about 22% of all the recorded glass s in the uk. Glass family history lays claim to many famous people, such as second cousins radio host ira glass and minimalist composer philip glass, as well as rear admiral henry glass. If you get the page is not available message, no mailing list is available.
Is my last name, glass, in any way connected to judiaism or. Learn about the history of this surname and heraldry from our database and online image library. Meaning, origin and history of the surname glass behind the. The global spread of the vance surname from the 1600s through to modern times has been documented through maps in our blog in a post from october 20. The name of the game was survival and some made it and some didnt. Your name in history collection the photo on the left is an example showing the schulze name in history book which i have on my coffee table.
This uncommon surname, chiefly recorded in the west midland counties of shropshire, worcestershire and warwickshire, is of anglosaxon origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower, deriving from the olde english pre 7th century glaes, glass akin to glaed, shining, referring originally to the bright shine of the material. Nov 17, 2015 the warrior galloglass surnames of ireland. Charles glass, haskell was born in a shtetle in romania, became a watchmaker there after marrying rose helman. In the year 1819, samuel glass, father of the sheriff, at the age of 19 years. Welcome to the glass family page at surname finder, a service of genealogy today. Everyone likes to discover the story of their own name. Mccabe, mccallionmccallan, mccollmccolley, mccrory mcroryrogers, gallogly english, mcgirrshort, mcgreal, sheehy, mcsorley and mcsweeneymcswiney. When you find a useful new resource, go to the right linkpendium page and click on the add your favorite websites to this page link. This was about 17% of all the recorded glass s in the usa. My grandmother would only say the mccoys were from ireland. In 1891 there were 414 glass families living in london.
The story and secrets of a twentiethcentury jewish family by freeman, hadley isbn. You can see how glass families moved over time by selecting different census years. Explore glass genealogy and family history in the worlds largest family tree. History of the glass family pioneers west historical society. The glass family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. Glass is an anglosaxon name that occurs primarily in the westernmost of the counties in the west midlands. Read the glass surname history and see the family crest, coat of arms for the scottish origin. The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the our name in history collection.
Read the glass surname history and see the family crest, coat of arms for the jewish origin. History of haywood county, 1989 published by brownsvillehaywood county historical society. As one would think, it refers to a glass blower, from the old english glaes, meaning glass, which itself is related to the word glaed, which means shining. The lowland scottish names draw very heavily from the western seaboard counties of the lowlands, with many families from ayrshire, wigtown, kirkcudbright, and renfrew using the older county names. The reason for the switch from glass to tools was the depression in the broad glass industry about 1710. The name was then used as a nickname for a person with gray hair. The coat of arms and surname history is our most popular product, and we have more than a million surnames available. Search 3,691 then share your genealogy and compare dna to grow an accurate global family tree thats free forever. The most glass families were found in the usa in 1880. Read the phillis surname history and see the family crest, coat of arms for the. However, it is generally believed that glassmaking was discovered 4,000 years ago, or more, in mesopotamia. Find the origins, meaning of the glass name, photos, and more.
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