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Help[Facts] Re: Reeve
in reply to a message by Jacks
The Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames, 1997, has:
REEVE meaning "reeve" and
REEVES: "dweller at the border" of a wood or hill; from Odl English "efes" (edge)
Andy ;—)
REEVE meaning "reeve" and
REEVES: "dweller at the border" of a wood or hill; from Odl English "efes" (edge)
Andy ;—)
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Hmm . . .
I have the utmost respect for the Oxford names books, but their definition of Reeves looks extremely unlikely, especially given that just about every other English surname with an 's' at the end has it there to mean "son of".
Hmmm . . .
I have the utmost respect for the Oxford names books, but their definition of Reeves looks extremely unlikely, especially given that just about every other English surname with an 's' at the end has it there to mean "son of".
Hmmm . . .
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