[DMouse]

My ancestors from mid 1800s in SE Ohio were listed in some census with different first names than in later ones. I am fairly certain they are the same people who were using different names later officially.

I was wondering if anyone has heard of the following:

Ayua (female–latter called Anna)

Arusal or maybe Amsal (female– latter called Eleanor)

This is what the names look like but the handwriting is hard to read. Do these names have a NA connection? I googled them and the results ranged from Korean, Ethiopian, Indian (from India) or for Ayua it is used by the Choctaw as gatherer?

I am very confused can anyone help?

Thanks in advance. :confused:

[MarcSnelling]

Comparative Siouan Dictionary

Ayua and Amsal have some similarities to Eastern Siouan words

Biloxi:

ayu ~ ayudí -‘dew’

maⁿ, ma, amá, hama – ‘earth, ground, land’

másạ, mas, mási, masĭ´, amasí, hamásạ – ‘metal, copper, iron’

Arusal -not sure about that – the r sound I don’t think is present in Biloxi

 

Massa and Amassa are names in my tree

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