Message: "Towle and Barrow"

Towle and Barrow

by tessa (guest)

10/23/2004, 7:23 AM

Do you know what these two names mean? Barrow, we don't know about, but Towle is from a part native american/italian/english descent. Can you help? ta-ta!

#Barrow #Towle

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- Sean Foglai (guest) +1

10/25/2004, 8:33 PM

I believe Towle is a spelling variation of the English surname, Toll ...meaning a toll-collector.

Barrow comes from an Old English word beorg, which is akin to the German word berg ...meaning mountain.

- Jim Young (guest)

10/26/2004, 5:15 PM

An additional comment on Barrow - the town of Barrow-in-Furness, in the North of England, is a likely source of origin of this surname.

- tessa (guest) +2

10/24/2004, 1:09 PM

CAN ANYONE HELP ME?

please find out!!

- tessa (guest) +1

10/25/2004, 11:12 AM

Why does no one care? Why?

Please. I am crying.

- Gianfranco E. Tubino Bryce (guest)

10/25/2004, 5:04 PM

It's not that we do not care... don't you see many questions made and answers given? a lot of investigation? No answer is given when no answer is known... All I can say is that I think that if "barrow" is not itself a modern english word (which can be looked for in the common etymological dictionaries dedicated to common words, or in a full encyclopedia) it can be found if you write in google the following words: "scottish surnames" or "last names" it's a link written here elsewhere in the message board and almost as good as this one, I bet I've seen "barrow" there... Good luck (I'm pretty busy right now so I haven't checked it myself, sorry)

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