Hi
My son (aged 14) has been asking me about our Family history and so I recounted to him the aural history from my Mum's side - she was a LISSAMAN - of two brothers coming from Eastern Europe and settling in Birmingham and Coventry - they were silver smiths. So I think that I am the source of the information that you found on Google.
The Romany info is interesting as the LISSAMAN's seem to be happy to travel. My LISSAMAN ancestors from the west midlands emigrated to USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND.
In an attempt to identify the place from where they emigrated to the UK I came across this town in Poland:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LesznoI think its name of LISSA is post the emigration date so probably not relevant.
Regards
Mark
Thank you for the replies, I was just thinking that what is said makes perfect sense, but then whilst rummaging for the surname on Google I came across this family tale which I was unaware of. The two brothers I believe are said to be silversmiths. Not sure what to make of it, maybe the family had no Jewish origins, but did arrive from Eastern Europe at some point. I also read that the name had been found in old German records. Brain full of question marks now, will sign off and ponder .......
'Some of my ancestors were LISSAMAN's from Wolston, Ryton-on-Dunsmore and elsewhere in Warwickshire. In the 1800's a lot of them were carpenters, joiners or involved in the building trade..................... The oral history handed down in the LISSAMAN family was that two brothers came to England from Eastern Europe. They may have been Jews. One settled in Birmingham and one in Coventry - these are the two places where most can now be found. The 1881 census for the Uk has only 209 LISSAMANs including, variants, and the 1901 has a similar number. LISSAMAN is not an English name. It looks like if the story is true then they came to England before 1700.'
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?action=post2;start=0;board=38
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