The purse Surname
purse Name Meaning and History
- English: metonymic occupational name for someone who made bags or purses or for an official in charge of expenditure, from Middle English purse (via Old English from Latin bursa).
- Scottish: variant of Purser.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 22 - Messages: 82
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Purse family Scotland | Marie Purse | 14 |
| purse name/connections | david purse | 17 |
| THOMAS PURSE OF BALTIMORE, MD |
 AmmaCrum
| 7 |
| PURSE - Hampshire, England | Sonia Gardener | 1 |
| PURSE Family - From Virginia and Greene Cnty ALA |
QueenV860
| 3 |
| J. Gilbert Purse Obit |
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| 0 |
| PURSE | Jody Hamman | 11 |
| William Purse-Pierce |
| 1 |
| sunderland Purses |
heromado
| 1 |
| Purse families Scotland /Ireland | christine thomson | 0 |
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