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Hi, I'm looking for information about the name 'Lendamine'. All I know is that it is feminine and I love it, but I would like to have the meaning.
Thanks in advance!
PS: I found Léontine, which basically means lion, if that helps at all.
Thanks in advance!
PS: I found Léontine, which basically means lion, if that helps at all.
This message was edited 11/8/2008, 11:10 AM
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After a little research through various geneology sites:
Lendamine is a very rare name. Since your board designation is "ehtaft", I assume you are asking about the name because you are related to the Lendamine Guild who married Ezra Wood Taft. Lendamine Guild was a daughter of Calvin Guild and his wife, Lendamine Draper.
Lendamine Draper was born on March 30, 1780, in Massachusetts, and was the daughter of Abijah and Desire Draper.
I cannot find any record of a Lendamine before the birth of Lendamine Draper. The second oldest Lendamine I can find is Lendamine Avery, born April of 1791 in Conway, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Avery and Mary Cushman.
The mother of Desire Foster, Lendamine Draper's mother, was Desire Cushman. It therefore seems plausible that Lendamine Draper and Lendamine Avery were related in some way through the Cushman family.
I think there is a good chance that Abijah and Desire Draper simply invented Lendamine themselves as a name for their daughter, and that their relatives John and Mary Avery copied them. Alternatively, perhaps there was an earlier Lendamine who has not yet been discovered some place in the Cushman family tree. But as this is a name which seems to go back to just one particular New England family, there's a good chance that it is an invention with no other meaning than "created by Abijah and Desire Draper for their daughter".
One would have to luck out and find letters or other records from the Draper or Cushman families discussing why Lendamine Draper's parents named her that to get more information, I'm afraid.
Lendamine is a very rare name. Since your board designation is "ehtaft", I assume you are asking about the name because you are related to the Lendamine Guild who married Ezra Wood Taft. Lendamine Guild was a daughter of Calvin Guild and his wife, Lendamine Draper.
Lendamine Draper was born on March 30, 1780, in Massachusetts, and was the daughter of Abijah and Desire Draper.
I cannot find any record of a Lendamine before the birth of Lendamine Draper. The second oldest Lendamine I can find is Lendamine Avery, born April of 1791 in Conway, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Avery and Mary Cushman.
The mother of Desire Foster, Lendamine Draper's mother, was Desire Cushman. It therefore seems plausible that Lendamine Draper and Lendamine Avery were related in some way through the Cushman family.
I think there is a good chance that Abijah and Desire Draper simply invented Lendamine themselves as a name for their daughter, and that their relatives John and Mary Avery copied them. Alternatively, perhaps there was an earlier Lendamine who has not yet been discovered some place in the Cushman family tree. But as this is a name which seems to go back to just one particular New England family, there's a good chance that it is an invention with no other meaning than "created by Abijah and Desire Draper for their daughter".
One would have to luck out and find letters or other records from the Draper or Cushman families discussing why Lendamine Draper's parents named her that to get more information, I'm afraid.
This message was edited 11/9/2008, 12:12 PM
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Thank you!
Trying to research how Mary Cushman and Lendamine Avery could be related just made my head spin. There were a lot of other family names in there that I wouldn't expect, too. My guess? There were so few people to marry in Massachusetts back then that pretty soon everyone was interrelated. So Mary and Lendamine were probably related a few ways to each other, plus to some other relatives of mine.
As for the name, I'm glad it's not mine. I actually would prefer it spelled Lendamyn, pronounced LEND - a - min. I think Lendamine sounds like some sort of disinfectant.
Thanks again!
Trying to research how Mary Cushman and Lendamine Avery could be related just made my head spin. There were a lot of other family names in there that I wouldn't expect, too. My guess? There were so few people to marry in Massachusetts back then that pretty soon everyone was interrelated. So Mary and Lendamine were probably related a few ways to each other, plus to some other relatives of mine.
As for the name, I'm glad it's not mine. I actually would prefer it spelled Lendamyn, pronounced LEND - a - min. I think Lendamine sounds like some sort of disinfectant.
Thanks again!
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