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[Facts] Male or female? nt

by Chrisell (guest)

9/2/2004, 5:06 PM

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- Caz (guest) +5

9/2/2004, 5:16 PM

female

- Chrisell (guest) +4

9/2/2004, 5:31 PM

Ok, next question :-D . . .

. . . where did this ancestor live, or what was her language?

Zora is a name, and bel- is a common prefix for names. I'm wondering whether it's a combination of Belle (or another bel name) and Zora. However as a whole name it has a biblical feel to it . . . I'll keep looking! :-)

- Caz (guest) +1

9/2/2004, 6:08 PM

Um...southern georgia (united states)

- Chrisell (guest)

9/2/2004, 6:11 PM

Ok, that fits with what I said in my other posts :-)

- Chrisell (guest) +1

9/2/2004, 5:36 PM

Hmm . . .

Both Belzorah and Belzora turned up as female names, mostly from the 1800s in America, in a Google search. There's also a town named Belzora, I think it was in Texas, which was no doubt named after a Belzora. I can't find anything about the origins, though.

- Chrisell (guest)

9/2/2004, 5:43 PM

And . . .

. . . Belzora and Belzorah are both also surnames, although I couldn't find out where they are/were from. I did discover that Belzora was a more popular spelling than Belzorah, because it got many, many more hits on google!

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