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Prime: Origin, Geographical Distribution
A term of civil dignity, a master, ruler, the proprietor of a manor, derived from the Anglo-Saxon ord, which comes from ored, a governor, with the prefix of the letter L, le, denoting the person or place. Gaelic, ard, ord, high, lofty, the prime chief, superior. Lord has been derived from Hla-ford, which is compounded of Hlaf a loaf, and ford, to give, a bread-giver.
Prime Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : PRIM | PRIMME | PRIME | PRIEM | PRIMES
Prime: Place of Origin :  Cambridgeshire (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Hertfordshire (United Kingdom) |  Suffolk (United Kingdom) |  Essex (United Kingdom) |  North Yorkshire (United Kingdom)
Prime: Online Family Trees
PRIME  (United Kingdom) 1877 - 1877
PRIME Spitalfields (England, United Kingdom) 1820 - 1820
PRIME Baldock, Herfordshire (Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1564 - 1564
PRIME Great Amwell (Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1613 - 1613
PRIME Stevenage (Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1603 - 1629
PRIME Baldock (Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1564 - 1564
PRIME Baldock (Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1564 - 1564
PRIME Stevenage (Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1604 - 1604
PRIME East Riding, Yorkshire (England, United Kingdom) 1625 - 1625
PRIME Arlesey (Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 1824 - 1824

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Prime: Books that contain this surname
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PRIMEA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... Emily, - only dau. of Richard Prime, Esq., M.P., for West Sussex. Robert-Desmond, 6.1 Feb. 1829, inanied. 968" ...
PRIMEBiographical dictionary of America .. (Volume 7)
Author: Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931 - Published in 1906
... city, Nov. 27, 1882, to Cornelia Prime, daughter of Edmund Lincoln and Nathalie (Ray) Baylies. He was a member of ...
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