The guild Surname
guild Name Meaning and History
- Scottish: apparently a nickname for someone who played a prominent part in a medieval guild. It may, however, be a Scottish variant of Gold.
- Welsh: Anglicized form of the Welsh surname Gwyllt, a nickname meaning ‘wild’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Zilpha Guild, buried Dewittville Cemetery, Chautauqua County, N.Y., who was she? |
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| Looking for Guild /Guile/Guiles families | Margaret Guild Lambert | 1 |
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| Charles Adrian Guild b. abt 1858, MA, d. June 28, 1900, |
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| To all Guilds, or variants of that name | Margaret Lambert nee Guild | 8 |
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| Obit: Guild, Clarissa (Swartsiger) 1822-1910 (Saratoga Springs,NY) |
GordonGrening
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| Who was Albert Zibbi Guild in California around 1900? |
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| Descendant of John Guild looking for help |
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| great find | msdavidson1 | 3 |
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