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Could anyone please tell me what the LAST name of LOMAX means and the orgin ? Dutch,Spanish,or German ?
This message was edited 2/17/2005, 3:19 PM
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English: variant of Loomis.
> Lomis
English: habitational name from a lost place near Bury in Lancashire, recorded in the Middle Ages as Lumhalghs, and apparently named with the Old English elements lumm ‘pool’ + halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’.
(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?ln=Loomis&fn=&sourcecode=13304&html=b
> Lomis
English: habitational name from a lost place near Bury in Lancashire, recorded in the Middle Ages as Lumhalghs, and apparently named with the Old English elements lumm ‘pool’ + halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’.
(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?ln=Loomis&fn=&sourcecode=13304&html=b
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