Re: Im looking for the meaning of Abernathey
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Im looking for the meaning of Abernathey
5/01/99
Candy, in 1947 a Dr. C. Excelle Rozelle read a paper before the Historical Soc. of the W.N.C. Conference at the Dilwith Methodist Church in Charlotte, N.C.The first paragraph goes as follows: [Everything must have a beginning, even though that beginning be far away and a long time ago.There is in old Scotland a little river by the name of "Nethy."Place the Scotch prefix "Aber" before the river's name and you have the family name, "Abernethy," which meant then and means now-"At the mouth of the River Nethy."Thus you see how the name before us began many centuries ago and what it signifies--The man who lived at the mouth of the River Nethy."Other family names of similar Scotch origin are Aberdeen, Aberfoyle, Abercrombie, and the like, all originating in the valleys and lowlands of the picturesque and historic land of Scotland.]This was taken from the records of a friend who had obtained it from a researcher in Denver, NC.Hopes this helps your daughter.
There are probably many variations of what Abernathy, Abernethy, mean.This sound as good as any I guess.Regards, Delores Washburn in Conroe, TX