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Re: origin of surname Smarr
If you assume, that the CH was omitted, SMARR (Schmarr) may be a German surname. It's not in my books and I have never heard of it. There is the German vocabulary word "Schmarre" or "Schmarren" or "Schmarrn" with several meanings: a Bavarian dish made from flour / a blow or stroke / a lump. The latter would make sense as a surname: a fat and lumpy person. But this is no more than a guess.
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Thanks for the information. That is very interesting and makes sense. That would be pretty funny to have a last name that means a fat and lumpy person.shannyc
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I also found this ...Dutch (Smar): perhaps from a reduced form of Sigmar, a Germanic personal name composed of the elements sigi ‘victory’ + meri, mari ‘famous’. http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=smarr&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
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Thank you for your help. I greatly appreciate it.shannyc
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