Hand

What does the name mean?

Last Name: Hand

  • English and German: nickname for someone with a deformed hand or who had lost one hand, from Middle English hand, Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German Hand "hand" (see 1).
  • Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithimh (see Guthrie), resulting from an erroneous association of the Gaelic name with the Gaelic word lámh "hand". It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, e.g. Claffey, Glavin, and McClave.
  • Dutch: from a variant of hont "dog", "hound", either a derogatory nickname, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a dog.

Patrick

  Great great great great great grandfather

Born 1777, Ireland

Tried for stealing a cow the property of Jos. EVANS, at Market Hill, on May 6, 1801

Transported for 7yrs.

Arrived 12May1803, aboard the Rolla.

Married Catherine HATCH.

Died 1827, NSW, Australia

Patrick and Catherine Hand Headstone Patrick and Catherine Hand Footstone Patrick and Catherine Hand Grave

Headstone & footstone of Patrick and Catherine Hand, St Peter's Cemetery, Richmond NSW. (Click images for larger version)

Elizabeth.

Born 1808, NSW, Australia.

Parents Patrick HAND and ????.

Died 1808.

Patrick.

Born 1812.

Parents Patrick HAND and Catherine HATCH.

Died 1836

Catherine.

Born 1812.

Parents Patrick HAND and Catherine HATCH.

Died 1815.

Elizabeth.

Born 1813.

Parents Patrick HAND and Catherine HATCH.

Died 1894.

Mary Ann.



  Great great great great grandmother

Born 1815.

Parents Patrick HAND and Catherine HATCH.

Married James EATHER, 1835, NSW, Australia. Died 1894.

John.

Born 1817.

Parents Patrick HAND and Catherine HATCH.

Charles.

Born 1822.

Parents Patrick HAND and Catherine HATCH.

James.

Born 1825.

Parents Patrick HAND and Catherine HATCH.