When Wallace Edgar Say was born in 1860, in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel R Say, was 35 and his mother, Isabella Dunlap, was 35. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Florrence Pettigrew. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Washington Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States for about 50 years.
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English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from Sai in Orne or Say in Indre, France, perhaps so called from a Gaulish personal name Saius + the Latin locative suffix -acum (see also French name 3 below).
English: nickname, perhaps for someone who made or sold say, a type of woollen cloth, or for an habitual wearer of clothes made of this material, from Middle English sai(e) ‘say’ (Old French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum ‘military cloak’). See also Sayer .
French (southern): topographic name from saix (from Latin saxum) ‘rock’, or a habitational name from a place called with this word, for example, Say in Loire, Saix in Tarn and Vienne, Le Saix in Hautes-Alpes, or Les Saix in Isère.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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