A real "WOW" moment...

[longhuntr74]

My father came to my house for Easter and I convinced him to bring with him and hand over his binder of genealogical research that he did back in 1981/1982 and has scarcely touched since....I cannot wait to get on ancestry.com and start running some of his info to ground using the modern miracle of the internet! So far I know that my great great grandfather of my surname was born 13 Oct 1837 in Fermanagh Co. Ireland. His wife was born on 29 Jan 1843 in Edinburgh, Scotland. From what I see here, it appears that both individuals immigrated to Peterboro, Ontario, Canada where my Great grandfather was born before several of the family members eventually moved to upstate New York. Very interesting stuff.

My last name is very uncommon: Bavis...with possible variations being Beavis, Baevis....and I've seen several other French, English, and Irish derivations.

My great great grandmother (the one from Edinburgh, Scotland) was a "Trotter" born to a James Trotter and Agnes Weatherhead...but not much info about either of them except death dates and possible birth years/locations.

[Chas]

Hi Longhunter,

My first thought when I read your surname was that it was Welsh. The 'son of' prefix in Welsh is ap or ab. Two names come to mind, although there are hundreds more, Powell and Bevan. They were originally ap Owel and ab Evan. I can believe that your name started out as ab Avis.

Just a thought.

Regards

Chas