Re: Surname - Swart & Groenewald
in reply to a message by davida
Yes, Anneza is right, they are Dutch. Swart is in commonly written as 'zwart' (black), this name is a different spelling of that.
'Groen(e)' is green and 'wald' is dialect of 'woud' (forest).
'Groen(e)' is green and 'wald' is dialect of 'woud' (forest).