Glass ancestors in online databases, funeral cards, surname histories. We have the meaning and origin of last names from cultures around the world. On the next page is his cover letter from when he sent it to me. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Glass family history gets into the books with the marriage of ricardus glase to margeriam higgons at pontesbury, shropshire, in 1540. Pedigree charts and family group records are important genealogical tools, so bringing or creating on site a big family pedigree or family tree is sure to draw attention. All this historical data is brought together in the form of personalised gifts to suit all occasions. The derivation, in this instance, is from the gaelic glas, grey, green, blue. In 1840 there were 83 glass families living in pennsylvania. These books are available exclusively at, and are ideal to share with your children, grandchildren. Glas genealogy, glas family history geni family tree. Our name in history is a series of unique paperback books of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary, each following a specific family name as far back in history as possible. As someone with a surname ending in s, i usually add an apostrophe after the s to indicate possession. When you find a useful new resource, go to the right linkpendium page and click on the add your favorite websites to this page link.
It is a narrative device for putting meaning into the flux of historical process creating protagonists, heroes, pace, and plot. Find the origins, meaning of the glass name, photos, and more. Mccabe, mccallionmccallan, mccollmccolley, mccrory mcroryrogers, gallogly english, mcgirrshort, mcgreal, sheehy, mcsorley and mcsweeneymcswiney. To create it, she selected two photos for each surname and made miniature copies to fit small photo frames available from craft stores such as michaels and joann fabric and crafts.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Is my last name, glass, in any way connected to judiaism. He is a brother of sheriffglass, mentioned in a preceding sketch of this volume. Geoffrey combined stories of north brythonic prophet and madman, myrddin wyllt, and romanobritish war leader, ambrosius aurelianus, to create merlin ambrosius.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Pennsylvania had the highest population of glass families in 1840. Fusing and slumping, grind and polish glass with stones or sand and water. Meaning, origin and history of the surname glass behind. The name glass is indeed jewish and is an ornamental name from the german glass for the occupation of glazier or glassblower. The family history archive is a collection of published genealogy and family history books. The name glass referred to glassmaking, glazing and the glass trade. This uncommon surname, chiefly recorded in the west midland counties of shropshire, worcestershire and warwickshire, is of anglosaxon origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower, deriving from the olde english pre 7th century glaes, glass akin to glaed, shining, referring originally to the bright shine of the. Read the glass surname history and see the family crest, coat of arms for the jewish origin.
The ancestors of the first families to use the name glass lived in ancient scotland in the kingdom of dalriada. William glass 20 may 1827 westminster township, upper canada 17 jun 1893 managed by ian glass last edited 31 mar 2019 archibald owrey glass 1843 london, middlesex, upper canada 18 apr 1892 last edited 30 mar 2019. Glas is a lowland scottish, dutch or low german metonymic surname meaning glass. Our team of seasoned experts are here to help you learn about different aspects of genealogy. Emigration to australia followed the first fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Your name in history book collection olive tree genealogy. So, although some of these surnames originated in scotland, they are now considered irish and include the following surnames. Alice glass born 1988, vocalist of crystal castles. A book thats a little bit away from my usual other than history yet i must say if there is a book to discuss the history of glass it would be hard to imagine any other authors doing more research than the ones for glass a world history.
On march 24th 1689, william, son of thomas and elizabeth glaze, was christened at cleobury mortimer, shropshire. Familyeducation is part of the fen learning family of educational and reference sites for parents, teachers and students. If you get the page is not available message, no mailing list is available. Dictionary of american family names 20, oxford university press. David glass born on the 20th july, 1829, at the township of westminster, in the county of middlesex, province of ontario. This was about 17% of all the recorded glasss in the usa. Anglicized form of the epithet glas gray, green, blue or any of various gaelic surnames derived from it. The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the our name in history collection. The surname glass is derived from the gaelic word glas, which means gray, however, it may also be a shortened anglicized form of the surname macgille glais, which means son of the gray lad. The archive includes histories of families, county and local histories, howto books on genealogy, genealogy magazines and periodicals including some international, medieval books including histories and pedigrees, and gazetteers. But the origin of the name form bute in scotland is gaelic ghlas which means greyblue a totally different meaning.
Once a workshop remelted its ingots of glass, the glassworkers were limited to the technology of the day. Fen learning is part of sandbox networks, a digital learning company that operates education services and products for the 21st century. The glass family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. Find the meaning and origin of your last name, and even learn a little history behind your last name. The surname glass is also recorded from the 16th century in scotland, half the lands of langilculcreich being granted to one alexander glass in 1506. Many with the last name glass, are of eastern european descent, where glass is a shortened version of their original last name. Glass family history lays claim to many famous people, such as second cousins radio host ira glass and minimalist composer philip glass, as well as rear admiral henry glass.
Glas genealogy and glas family history information back to surnames index. I have seen before these origins given for the glass surname. It is also a scottish surname from the gaelic word glas, meaning grey and was originally used as a nickname for someone with grey hair. Starting ten thousand years ago with its invention in the near east, macfarlane and martin trace the history of glass and its uses from the ancient civilizations of india, china. A world history, alan macfarlane and gerry martin tell the fascinating story of how glass has revolutionized the way we see ourselves and the world around us. This was about 22% of all the recorded glasss in the uk. In 1939, foreman glazier and domestic duties unpaid were the top reported jobs for men and women in the uk named glassco. The leaves are the surnames printed onto an old canvas drop cloth and cut out. This is an open forum to discuss the origin, the meaning and the family stories of the surname glass. It is also a jewish surname, adopted by some eastern european ashkenazi in the nineteenth century. Amelia county, virginia deed books abstracts poythress. Simply start with yourself and well do the searching for you. Linkpendium s goal is to index every genealogy, geneology.
It is also a scottish surname from the gaelic word glas, meaning grey and was originally. It can be english, german, russianslavic, irish or scottish. Using the daitchmokotoff soundex code we can obtain some variants of scripture of the same surname. The collection contains nearly 300,000 family name books. Both your knowledge and the oral tradition of the origin and meaning of this surname will be helpful. John glass, british convict who was convicted in edinburgh, scotland for 7 years, transported aboard the asia on 20th july 1837, arriving in new south wales, australia charles glass, who arrived in adelaide, australia. Chunk casting, fuse small pieces of glass together and then slump the mass into, or over, a mold watch. Courtesy of jerry andres, who located a copy of the genealogy, i have inserted that page. Merlin was created as a combination of several historical and legendary figures. The strange history of the lyne stephens fortune 1st ed. The name was then used as a nickname for a person with gray hair.
The most glass families were found in the usa in 1880. In 1891 there were 414 glass families living in london. The our name in history collection are customized books offering a unique blend of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary about your surname. The legendary origins of merlin the magician ancient origins.
Ambrosius was a figure in nennius historia brittonum. Every family has a different history, and every document you discover about your glass ancestors will help paint a picture that can be shared with your relatives. History of the glass family by emma leila glass this family history was provided to me by william riddle. If im talking about our family i would refer to the hodges perhaps not strictly correct but easier to say and write than hodgeses. Explore glas genealogy and family history in the worlds largest family tree. The explosion of interest in family history genealogy has been rapidly increasing in recent years, as evidenced by popular sites such as and that offer information and available data from early census forms, city directories, early telephone directories, obscure books. Not only is glass today so ubiquitous but when we are confronted with it its usually transparent thus. Where to place the possessive apostrophe in a surname. It was first used by a family who lived in the rugged, windswept hills of the hebrides islands. Glass in rootsweb surname mailing lists join others on the glass genealogy mailing list for discussion and sharing of information regarding family histories of glass surname and its variations. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about surname history.
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