The gortney Surname
gortney Name Meaning and History
Possibly an altered spelling of German Gort(h)ner, a
metonymic occupational name for a miller, from an agent derivative of
Low German gorte ‘groats’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| L C Gortney |
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| Gortney family |
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| Gortney-Beck in MS |
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| Keen (Gortney/Graves/perser/Purser/Rankin) | Travis keen | 5 |
| Nellie Gortney |
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| Maryjane or Mary Jane Gortney |
IrenedeCamp
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| Sarah Gortney m. Geoffrey Beck abt. 1830 |
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