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Re: origin surname Jenna
thank you .The year in question was 1572 would engineer still appplyand in what context alan brown
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Well, the surname goes back, in various forms, to the 12th century, but at that time "... ingeniator was used of men who combined the duties of master-mason and architect." (Reaney and Wilson, Dictionary of British Surnames). Same source tells us that in France the name was used for a "maker of military machines". By 1327 the spelling Jenour is on record.
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