Message: "The surname: Martele"

[Facts] The surname: Martele

by Winter Roisin

4/28/2004, 5:50 AM

Hi,
I have just recently found out the names of my maternal great grand parents. And in doing so I came across the surname: Martele
Now my maternal great grandparents lived in Wales before heading over to Western Australia in 1915.
The information I found regarding Martele, suggests that it was a French surname.
Can anybody help me out.

#surnames

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- Claire (guest)

6/13/2004, 2:54 PM

Martel is the Old French for "hammer". Like Charles Martel, the Frankish king...

- Caprice (guest) +2

4/28/2004, 1:02 PM

It's probably derived from the French word "marteler", which means "to hammer". Maybe your relatives were carpenters?

- Winter Roisin (guest) +1

4/29/2004, 12:18 AM

Thanks for the help

- Caprice (guest)

4/29/2004, 5:46 AM

Not at all

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