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From: "Shirley Arabin" <>
Subject: Re: [HWE] Olive
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 15:30:23 +1300
References: <1165301604.5851.278900033@webmail.messagingengine.com>

and Laurance Olivier was a descendant of Huguenots!!
----- Original Message -----
> David and Sue Ellis asked about the origin of the surname OLIVE. I
> looked at the list of French surnames [which I've given before]:
>
> http://jeantosti.com/noms/o.htm
>
> look down and you will find OLIVE. They seem to think it is most likely
> of Catalan origin. Certainly OLIVEIRA is very common in the Iberian
> Peninsula - on the other hand, there's always Laurence OLIVIER!

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