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From: "Elizabeth Wilson" <:101/806>
Subject: Re: Rich surname
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 13:30:25 GMT

From: "Elizabeth Wilson" <>

"Emma Rich" <> wrote in message
news:LMDp8.26134$...
> does anyone know the origins of the surname Rich?

According to the NEW DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN FAMLY NAMES, edited by Elsdom
C. Smith, Rich is of English origin and means "descendant of Rich, a pet
form of Richard (rule, hard); dweller near a ditch or small stream."




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