Brief Life History of James
When James Love was born in April 1660, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Love, was 26 and his mother, Jonat Scheirer, was 22.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- James Love, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Parents and Siblings
1635– Male
1639–1667 Female
Siblings (3)
1660– Male
1662– Female
1663–1701 Male
Name Meaning
English: from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English female name Lufu ‘love’, or the masculine equivalent Lufa. Compare Leaf 2.
English and Scottish: nickname from Anglo-Norman French love ‘she-wolf’ or simply ‘wolf’, the word love being a back-formation from the diminutive forms lovel and lovet ‘little wolf’. See also Low 3, from Anglo-Norman French lou, the more usual form of the word.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhionghuin (see McKinnon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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