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From: "Jim Gordon" <>
Subject: Re: First Name - Thamar
Date: 1 Feb 98 21:32:22 GMT


Judy ---

The only Tamar I've ever heard of was the Mongol, Tamerlane. Anyway, Tamar
IS a river in Devonshire which flows SW into the English Channel. It is
also a river in N. Tasmania, Australia which flows north into the Bass
Strait. It is also an ancient Syrian city N of Damascus in the Syrian
desert, modern name Palmyra.
--
Jim Gordon, Laurel, MD USA

Judy Stevens <> wrote in article
<01bd2ecc$c750a880$>...
> My gggrandmother had the christian name of Thamar (variously, Tamar,
Thama)
> - Has anybody heard of this as a first name before? or is it really a
> surname.
>
> I think its the name of a river in England - I wonder if she was born
> there?
>
> Can anyone enlighten me?
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Judy in Christchurch, NZ
>
> researching
> BARRATT BROOKS DOLAN FIELD FOWLER HORSEY MITCHELL MOXHAM PATTNAM STEVENS
> TRIGG WATKINS WEALE WEEKS WORTHINGTON
>
>

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