Re: I would like to know were it came from/ what it means
in reply to a message by Criner/Kreiner
Judging by the genealogical data at http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gsimmons75&id=I16030, Criner is an Americanization of German Kreiner which is apparently derived from the Latin name Quirinus.