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Genealogical terms starting with '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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