Name Origins - Shields

Name Origins for Shields, Finch, Dorrell and Rusher

Northern English and Scottish: habitational name from a pair of places in Northumerland and County Durham (now both in Tyne and Wear) called Norht and South Shields, named with Middle English schele "shed", "hut", "shelter". There has been much confusion between Shields and Shield and their variants.

Top Places of Origin for Shields

Information gathered from US Immigration Collection

Dorrell Name Origin

The name Dorrell arrived in England after the Normal Conquest of 1066. They were originally from Airel, in La Manche, Normandy, France and it is from the local form of this name, D'Ariel, meaning "from Airel," that their name derives.

Spelling variations include: Darrell, Dorell, Dayrell, Darrel, Darell, Darel and others.

Finch Name Origin

English: nickname for Middle English finch 'finch' (Old English finc). In the Middle Ages this bird had a reputation for stupidity. It may perhaps also in part represent a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught finches and sold them as songsters or from the cooking pot. The surname is found in all parts of Britain but is most common in Lancashire.

Nathaniel Martin Henry

b. 5-3-1840, Wayne Co, AR married: 9-1-1859 to Sarah L Martin

d. 10-26-1912

Sarah L Martin (not sure what the L stood for)

b. 2-19-1841 d. 11-7-1913 in Searcy Co, AR

All of these dates can be found on ancestry.com under family tree listed "Jonathan Martin" Please look there if you can for everyone else's dates, etc. If you have trouble just let me know and I will be glad to send them to you. Im just not sure what you have or do not have so I don't want to repeat too much as it can go on and on and on.

Sarah California Martin Henry

b. 11-23-1875 Shiloh AR d 6-10-1957, Indep. MO

Joseph Hambrough Finch Jr.

b. 10-4-1874 Peoria, IL married: 11-11-1897 to Sarah C Henry Kansas City,MO d. 3-7-1946

Francis Martin Finch

b. 7-17-1917, Leeds, MO married: 2-17-1945, England to Marie Elizabeth Simmonds still living

Marie Elizabeth Simmonds

b. 10-10-1927, Paddington England

still living Children:

Robert (NMI) Finch (No Middle Initial/Name)

Spouse: Marsha Children: Robert Finch Jr, Joshua Finch

Linda Kay Finch

Spouse: Daniel Hertzog/divorced

Children: Lisa Danielle (Hertzog) Bales

b. 1-3-1970 Spouse: Vuren Bales

Jeffrey Daniel Hertzog

b. 7-2-1973 Spouse: JoLinda (Cooper) Hertzog Children: Jessica and Jordyn

Jennifer Marie Hertzog

Children: Autumn Danielle Beck b. 9-24-1998

Paul (NMI) Finch ( my father)

b. 8-1-1947, Indep. Missouri

Spouse 1: Hazel Alice (Hemphill) Finch:divorced in 1980

Children: Marie Elizabeth Finch

b. 9-20-1970, Independence, Missouri

Spouse: Kenneth L Gausman

Children: Heidi Leigh Gausman and Ty Wilkinson Gausman Brian Matthew Finch

b. 12-21-1972, Indep. MO

Spouse: Heather M (Timms) Finch

Children: Braeden Matthew Finch and Austyn Miles Finch

Rusher Name Origin

Rusher name is of German origin. Spelling variation include: Rausch, Rauscher, Rausche, Rauschert, Rusch, Rusche, Ruschle, Ruscher, Raush, and more.

Frist found in Austria, where this family name became a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times.