The spies Surname
spies Name Meaning and History
- metonymic occupational name for a spear maker, from Middle High German spiez ‘spear’, ‘pike’, or an occupational name from the same word in the sense ‘soldier armed with a spear’.
- habitational name from any of several places named Spies, in particular one near Nuremberg.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Spies relatives search | Carin Nel | 59 |
| Andreas Wilhelm Spies obit |
 jaciethomsen
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| Melvin Spies-Obit 1958 |
D_Quenon
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| Gustav or Gus Spies |
floresvs
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| spies family |
spiesneels
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| Mor Spies | Bertie Spies | 10 |
| Spies of Iowa | Lisa Spies-Shipley | 1 |
| Henry Spies m Agnes Tait, NYC |
srodman125
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| Spies immigration to America |
jaciethomsen
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| Otto A. Spies, b.1856 Germany, lived St.Paul, MN, wife was Martha |
margerice1
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