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Do you know where last name of Foreman came i know what my told me?
but i,d like real answer
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- HSK's mamaLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
It appears that Foreman is indeed English. Take a look at the following link:
http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp...
Looking for the origin of a certain name is a common question here. And it's fine if that is all someone wants. But it does not tell you anything for certain. Here are a couple of links to surname message boards if you are interested. They do have a specific boards for Foreman. Many who frequent these boards are genealogists and may have some more insight into your specific surname. There are also separate boards for states, counties, and countries if you are interested. Your best bet would be to research your particular line person by person, generation by generation.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/foreman/
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.foreman/mb.ash...
If you wish to persue your specific surname further, E-mail me via my profile and I will give you some more helpful genealogy sites. Blessings.
- 1 decade ago
English
Spelling variations of this family name include: Forman, Foreman, Formon, Fourman and others.
First found in Edinburghshire where they held a family seat from very early times.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Samuel Foreman purchased land in Virginia in 1623. John Foreman landed in New Jersey in 1685. By the mid-1800's the Forman family had settled in Massachusetts, New York, and San Francisco.