Has anyone heard the name surname "knowd"?

Question

form of the family name o'nuadhad. bearers of the surname are in wicklow &kildare,among the refs to the name is john knowd who married anne sweetman on 26th of august 1849 in dublin also a patrick knowd who arrived in new york from dublin aboard the "corena" september 1851 any help would be great or anyone of the surname let me know please .thanks

Answer 1

Are you looking for info on an ancestor?

Did John and Anne come to the states too?  There is a John and Ann in WI.

Are you looking for all of them?

Can you rephrase your question with the names and date of those you are looking for?  Punctuation will help, too.

Answer 2

"(O) Nowd,  O'Naudhat - This name is found in Wicklow & Kildare  It is also spelt Knowd".  (but you already mentioned these facts :o)

"Nuadha was the name of an ancient sea-god, which is a possible derivation".

A very unusual, and rare name!!  There are 20 people on the UK Electoral Roll 2008 with the surname KNOWD.  None with the O'Nowd or Nowd spelling.

In  County Kildare - there were 10 births of children with the surname between 1832 and 1859.



  Nowd  Anne 1832  

  Knoud Marella 1840  

  Knowd Margaret 1847  

  Knowd Mary 1848  

  Knowd William 1848  

  Knoud Patrick 1852  

  Knowd John 1855  

  Knowd James 1857  

  Knowd Ellen 1858  

  Knoud Michael 1859  

4 Marriages where one of the partners had the surname:

  Nowd Anne 1837  

  Knowd Judith 1840  

  Knoud Catherine 1855  

  Knoud Patrick 1885  

In the County of Dublin, between 1768 and 1899,

there were 25 children born with the surname.



  Knowd Francis 1768  

  Knoud Catherine 1771  

  Knowd Elizabeth 1773  

  Knowd John 1773  

  Knowd Brigid 1775  

  Knowd Peter 1775  

  Knowd Peter 1777  

  Knowd Ann 1779  

  Nowd  Walter 1781  

  Knowd Anne 1818  

  Knowd George 1820  

  Knowd William 1820  

  Knowd Mary 1822  

  Knowd John 1823  

  Knowd Francis 1831  

  Knowd Elizabeth 1836  

  Nowd  George 1843  

  Nowd  Jane 1845  

  Knowd Anne 1847  

  Knowd Elizabeth 1850  

  Knowd John 1851  

  Knowd William 1853  

  Knowd Thomas 1855  

  Knowd George Joseph 1864  

  Knowd William James Alexander 1899



8 marriages where 1 partner had the surname:

  Nowd  Patrick 1806  

  Nowde Anne 1806  

  Knowd Catherine 1813  

  Knowd George 1820  

  Knoud Catherine 1825  

  Nowd  George 1843  

  Knowd John 1849  

  Nowd  George 1864  

and 7 deaths:

  Knowd Ann  Co. Dublin

  Knowd Elizabeth  Co. Dublin

  Knowd John  Co. Dublin

  Knowd Sofia  Co. Dublin

  Knowd Thomas  Co. Dublin

  Knowd Wiilliam Francis  Co. Dublin

  Knowd William  Co. Dublin

Answer 3

yes i did when you asked this question before