Posted by:	Archie Price on May 15, 2005
In Reply to:	Re: The Posted by Loughorboy on May 12, 2005
Subject:	PRICE
> Don't worry yourself...it's definately a Welsh surname and IS an anglicisation of 'ap Rhys' as you say (meaning son of Rhys). > I bet an Englishman told you it was probably Germanic???? Does'nt suprise me.....unfortunately, the English, and even many Welsh people are totally ignorant of Welsh history. > This may interest you: http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=price That's good news, my friend! It does seem ridiculous to me, since "Preis" in German simply means what "price" means in English, which is simply the cost of something, and wouldn't make much sense as a surname one way or another. I still can't figure out how on earth a pack of Pennsylvania Dutch (German-Americans from around the 18th century), who are supposed to be the takers-on of the surname, ended up with it. It sounds like one of those myths passed down by people who don't have the whole story straight. I still can't get anyone to explain to me exactly what happened, but there are some who swear that it did happen.

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