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Subject: Re: O'Shell
Author: Morsa   (Authenticated as Morsa)
Date: September 8, 2006 at 1:49:12 PM
Reply to: Re: O'Shell by Jim Young
Actually, I was trying to figure out the meaning of the fn Oshal (it is my great uncle's name). I thought it could be derived from the German surnames Oshel, Oschel, Oschell. I also saw that O'Shell was a variant of these names, but I also saw the name O'Shell on some Irish family crest web sites.

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