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bolt Name Meaning and History
- English (chiefly West Country): from Middle English bolt ‘bolt’, ‘bar’ (Old English bolt ‘arrow’). In part this may have originated as a nickname or byname for a short but powerfully built person, in part as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of bolts.
- Danish: variant of Boldt.
- Variant of Bold.
- German: from a short form of the personal names Baldwin or Reinbold.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Elizabeth BOLT b.1793 Devon, England |
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| Descendants of John Bolt of Va. | Betty Winn | 74 |
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| Family of Greenville and Lora (Stewart ) Bolt | Kathrine E. Dingey ( Bolt ) | 48 |
| Regarding children of Clyde Montraville Bolt and Willia Marie Ross Bolt |
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