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The Names: Meuillon/LeMelle/Cheval/Donato/Bello
In Response To: Re: Meuillon / Cheval? ()
All of these family names and dates tend to overlap if you look at all of the entries in various sources. The stories/histories of their movements and occupations also overlap and resemble each other. I believe that the names Meuillon and LeMelle are synonymous because the following names are all variants of the name LeMelle: Emelle, LaMalle, Lemell, Melier, Mellier, Meulier, Meller, Le Melier, Me'lier, de Me'llier, Melyer, Meiler, Melies, Meilleur and many others variations. The family originated in the Languedoc region of France it seems. The first names of course are very common and it was commonplace to have a namesake, but again the dates and situations seem overly coincidental. I believe the histories were just written over and over again from records in differents languages, i.e., Marie Jeanne is Maria Juana and vice versa. She is also listed with the nickname "Tonton" in some documents. Also the racial identifiers can lead to confusion as was the case with cousin Susie http://members.aol.com/rfraz34007/SusieGuilloryPhippsLegalCase.html
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