Whats the best way to get GOOD info on my name "SEVERANCE"?

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Whats the best way to get GOOD info on my name "SEVERANCE"?

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www.ancestry.com

Severance Name Meaning and History

Alteration by folk etymology of German Severens, a derivative of the Latin personal name Severinus (see Severin**).

**Severin Name Meaning and History

French (Severin), Italian (Venice), German, Swedish, etc.: from a personal name, Latin Severinus, from the same root as Severus (see Severe). This was borne by several early Christian saints, including bishops of Trier (2nd century), Cologne (4th century), Bordeaux (5th century), and Santempeda (6th century), and hermits of Paris (6th century) and Tivoli (8th century), as well as a 5th-century apostle of Austria.

Reduced form of Ashkenazic Jewish Severinovsky, a habitational name for someone from Severinovka in Ukraine.

www.familysearch.org--Various spellings

SEVERANS; SEVERNS; SEVRENCE ; SEVERN; SEVARNE; SEVERNE ; SEAVERNE; SIVERNE; SEVORNE; SEUERN ; SEVRNE;  and SIVORN.

    The name is found in US ( Calif., Arizona,  Alaska, Alabama,Mass.,VT,  ILL, NJ, NY, NH, Iowa, Ohio,  VA, PA, CT, ) ,Germany, Netherlands,  England, Japan,

South Africa,  & Canada (Quebec, Nova Scotia).

The earliest listings I found here are :

1. ??? Severence (SEVERANS)--first name unknown--b.1609 ,England .

2. ANNYS SEVARNE--Marriage:  09 OCT 1551   Saint Matthew Friday Street, London, London, England



3.Abigail SEVERANCE--born About 1556   London, London, England

4.   Ann Severne --b. About 1537  Shrawley, Worcester, England

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