© 2003 Hugh Armstrong
22 Dec 2003
Genealogical Terms - E
GENEALOGICAL TERMS LETTER 'E'
EA Evangelical Association ABBREVIATION EALDORMAN an official of the shire courts who acted as the King's deputy taking payment from the profits of the court OCCUPATION EARER plowman OCCUPATION EARTH STOPPER one who plugs up animal holes OCCUPATION EB Evangelical Baptist ABBREVIATION EBÉNISTE cabinet maker FRENCH EBONITE TURNER one who worked with ebonite or vulcanite, making combs or ornaments, etc OCCUPATION EBRILL April WELSH ECCLESIA church LATIN ECHTGENOOT husband DUTCH ECHTGENOOT spouse (male) DUTCH ECHTGENOT wife DUTCH ECHTGENOT spouse (female) DUTCH ECLAMPSIA any sudden attack of convulsions - believed to result from the presence of toxic substances in the blood MEDICAL ECSTASY a state in which the mind is carried away MEDICAL EDAD age SPANISH EDEMA a puffiness or swelling of parts due to water collection and retention MEDICAL EDEMA OF LUNGS congestive heart failure; a form of dropsy MEDICAL EDITEUR editor FRENCH EEL THING contagious skin disease caused by streptococcal infection with fever; also erysipelas, the evil or St Anthony's Fire MEDICAL EEN one DUTCH EGG FACTOR egg or poultry dealer OCCUPATION EGGLER egg dealer or poulterer OCCUPATION EGYPTIAN CHLOROSIS hookworm MEDICAL EHE marriage GERMAN EHEMANN husband GERMAN EHEPARTNER spouse (male) GERMAN EHEPARTNERIN spouse (female) GERMAN EINS one GERMAN EL Evangelical Lutheran ABBREVIATION ELAPSO TEMPORE the time having past LATIN ELECTRICIEN electrician FRENCH ELEPHANTIASIS swelling of a limb caused by lymphatic obstruction MEDICAL ELEPHANTS TEETH DEALER who dealt in ivory ornaments, etc OCCUPATION ELEVAGE rancher FRENCH ELL standard Scottish measurement equal to 37 inches; in England 45 inches; in France 54 inches; Flemish measure of 27 inches; also elne MEASURE ELLERMAN who sold oil used for lamps and known as an oilman OCCUPATION ELLIMAN who sold oil used for lamps and known as an oilman OCCUPATION ELN East Lothian, SCT PLACE-NAME ELNE standard Scottish measurement equal to 37 inches; in England 45 inches; in France 54 inches; Flemish measure of 27 inches; also ell MEASURE ELO Elsass-lothr. (Alsace-Lorraine), GER PLACE-NAME ELUTUS baptized LATIN ELYMAKER oilmaker OCCUPATION EM Episcopal Methodist ABBREVIATION EMBALLEUR packer FRENCH EMBOÎTEUR DE POISSON fish packer FRENCH EMBOSSER molded or carved designs that were raised above the surface of the material OCCUPATION EMBOUTEILLEUR bottler FRENCH EMERALD discovers false friends and insures true love; birth stone for May (also see carnelian) SYMBOLS EMIG AGENT emigration ABBREVIATION EMPHYSEMA a chronic disease of the lungs MEDICAL EMPLOYÉ AU TÉLÉGRAPHE telegraph employee FRENCH EMPLOYÉ AUX GAZ gas works employee FRENCH EMPLOYÉ DANS LES ÉTABLISSMENTS DE BIJOUTERIE jewelry manufacturer employee FRENCH EMPLOYÉ D'ASSURANCE insurance employee FRENCH EMPLOYÉ DE BUREAUX office employee FRENCH EMPLOYÉ DE CHEMINS DE FER railway employee FRENCH EMPLOYÉ DE LA MILICE militia offical FRENCH EMPLOYÉ DE L'EXPRESE express empoyee FRENCH EMPLOYÉ DE MOULIN millman FRENCH EMPLOYÉ DE SALINES salt works employee FRENCH EMPLOYÉ DU GOUVERNEMENT government employee FRENCH EMPLOYÉ MUNICIPAUX municipal employee FRENCH EMPRESARIO land broker, settlement scheme promoter, showman OCCUPATION EMPTOR buyer LATIN EMPYEMA a collection of pus, blood or other fluid matter in some body cavity, especially the chest MEDICAL ENCANTEUR auctioneer FRENCH ENCEPHALITIS inflammation of the brain MEDICAL ENDHOLDER inn keeper OCCUPATION ENDOCARDITIS an inflammation of the membranes lining the heart and the heart valves MEDICAL ENDOMETRITIS inflammation of the membrane lining of the uterus MEDICAL ENERO January SPANISH ENFANT child FRENCH ENFANT TROUVE a foundling FRENCH ENG England PLACE-NAME ENGINE TENTER operated a machine which stretched the cloth whilst drying in a woolen mill OCCUPATION ENGINEMAN employed at a mine to be in charge of the machinery used to crush the ore OCCUPATION ENG`R engineer ABBREVIATION ENKELIN granddaughter GERMAN ENKLE grandson GERMAN ENSIGN lowest commissioned officer in the US Navy MILITARY ENTEADA stepdaughter PORTUGUESE ENTEADO stepson PORTUGUESE ENTERIC FEVER typhoid fever MEDICAL ENTERITIS inflammation of the intestines MEDICAL ENTEROCOLITIS inflammation of the intestines MEDICAL ENTERRAR bury SPANISH ENTERRAR bury PORTUGUESE ENTERRER bury FRENCH ENTREPRENEUR DE POMPES FUNÈBRE undertaker FRENCH ENUMERATOR collected information for censuses from the householder OCCUPATION ENURESIS involuntary discharge of urine MEDICAL EO NOMINE by that name LATIN EODEM DIE on the same day LATIN EP Episcopal(ian) ABBREVIATION EPHIPPARIUS saddler LATIN EPICIER grocer FRENCH EPIDEMIC a disease that attacks many people in one region at one time and spreads quickly from place to place MEDICAL EPIDEMIC CATARRH influenza MEDICAL EPIDEMIC NEURITIS beriberi MEDICAL EPILEPSY a convulsive state manifested by the impairment of consciousness and involuntary movements of muscles; falling sickness MEDICAL EPISCOPUS bishop LATIN EPISTAXIS nose bleed MEDICAL EPITAPH an inscription on a tomb or monument GENEALOGY EPITHELIOMA cancer of the skin MEDICAL EPOUSE wife FRENCH EPOUX spouse FRENCH EPOUX husband FRENCH EQUERRY officer of the royal household usually responsible for the royal horses OCCUPATION ER COF AM in memory of WELSH ER COF TYNER AM in tender memory of WELSH ER COFFADWRIAETH AM in remembrance of WELSH ER SERCHOG GOF AM in loving memory of WELSH ER SERCHUS GOF AM in loving memory of WELSH EREMITE hermit OCCUPATION ERF Erfurt, DDR PLACE-NAME ERITE heretic OCCUPATION ERRARE HUMANUM EST to err is human LATIN ERY YKS - East Riding, ENG PLACE-NAME ERYSIPELAS contagious skin disease caused by streptococcal infection with fever; also St Anthony's Fire, the evil or eel thing MEDICAL ERYTHEMA redness of the skin due to congestion of its blood vessels MEDICAL ESCHEAT the reversion of property to the state in default of legal heirs or other qualified claimants LEGAL ESP Spain PLACE-NAME ESPOSA wife SPANISH ESPOSO husband SPANISH ESPUNDIA Leishmaniasis MEDICAL ESQUIRE denotes status but not gentility - occasionally used for minor branches of a land owning family TITLE ESQUIRE one who attended a knight, which later became a title for a man of standing in society TITLE ESS Essex, ENG PLACE-NAME ESTAFETTE mounted courier OCCUPATION ESTATE all property and debts belonging to a person LEGAL ET and; also; even LATIN ET AL and others LATIN ET CETERA and the rest LATIN ET SEQUENTES (SEQUENTIA) and those that follow LATIN ET SIC DE CETERIS and so of the rest LATIN ET US and wife LATIN ET UX and wife LATIN ET UXOR and wife LATIN ETA age ITALIAN ETAS age LATIN ETUDIANT EN DROITS student in law FRENCH ETUDIANT EN MÉDECINE student in medicine FRENCH EU Evangelical Union ABBREVIATION EU HANNWYL BLENTYN their loving child WELSH EU HANNWYL FAB their loving son WELSH EU HANNWYL FABAN their loving baby WELSH EU HANNWYL FERCH their loving daughter WELSH EU MAB their son WELSH EU MABAN their baby WELSH EU MERCH their daughter WELSH EU PLENTYN their child WELSH EUB Evangelical United Brethren ABBREVIATION EV Evangelical ABBREVIATION EVIL, THE contagious skin disease caused by streptococcal infection with fever; also erysipelas, the eel thing or St Anthony's Fire MEDICAL EWAR waterman; also aquarius OCCUPATION EWE HERD shepherd OCCUPATION EX OFFICIO by virtue of office LATIN EXANTHEMA any eruptive disease; any fever accompanied by a rash MEDICAL EXCHEQUER revenue collector OCCUPATION EXCISEMAN excise tax collector OCCUPATION EXCRESCENCE an unnatural or disfiguring outgrowth (eg a wart or tumour) MEDICAL EXECUTOR a person appointed in a will to carry out the provisions of the will LEGAL EXOR executor LATIN EXTRAVASTED BLOOD rupture of a blood vessel MEDICAL EYER one who made eyes in needles used for sewing; also called a holer OCCUPATION
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