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Subject: Re: Parish / used to be Parishione
Author: Sean Foglai   (guest, 24.60.10.116)
Date: August 4, 2004 at 8:01:29 PM
Reply to: Parish / used to be Parishione by Donna Parish
It would seem rather obvious that the name comes from someone who lived in or near a church district. I suspect the latter is either a French or Italian variant ...

Other similar names would be Churchill, Kirkland, Prescott (Priest's Cottage)...

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