Message: "Want to no what Last Name means and where its from."

Want to no what Last Name means and where its from.

by Amy (guest)

11/6/2005, 2:29 PM

My Mother last name is Boruch. And My Father is Rawhouser. My Mother is Polish. But no to Shure about Father.

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- Miss Claire

11/9/2005, 8:41 AM

Boruch is the Yiddish form of Baruch.

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- Andy ;—) (guest)

11/6/2005, 10:20 PM

Boruch and Rawhouser

BORUCH:

http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=boruch&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

RAWHOUSER could well be German as ROHAUSER. This looks like a place-name, but what is a "raw house"? I have no idea, what else the first element could be derived from.

- raindancing

11/6/2005, 5:00 PM

You might get more help on BTN's sister site
http://surnames.behindthename.com/

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- ADT (guest)

11/6/2005, 2:30 PM

The last names are both German, I believe.

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