Re: Name Latue - country of origin.

[sugarbakers]

Just checked Hans Bahlow's "German Names".

Nothing even close to Latue, however looking for Lettue gives ...

Lettow : Slavic, in Pomerania.
Lettau : in East Prussia.

[billbir]

Apologies, if I have confused you, but my very first sentence of my original Topic was:-I have a 5x GG 'Andrew Latue, born in Co. Durham in 1751'

[billbir]

Hi Sugarbakers

Thanks for that. The surname has been, Latue, Lettow and Lettue, so there may be a Slavic connection. I will have to recheck my DNA results to see whether there was any Slavic elements, I know that I am 6% western European. I have also seen a Jacob Latue, born in Amsterdam in 1720, just old enough to be Andrew's father, but that is flying a kite!!

[Rena]

I got some interesting results when I searched on this genealogy website for:

"Andreas Let"

and

Andreas Lat"

http://gedbas.genealogy.net/

[KGarrad]

Apologies, if I have confused you, but my very first sentence of my original Topic was:-I have a 5x GG 'Andrew Latue, born in Co. Durham in 1751'

But, you also told me you didn't know where he was born?

Hi Rena/KGarrard
Thanks for your replies. The only information I have on Andrew Latue is:-

Andrew Lettue
Gender:   Male
Age:   77
Birth Date:   1751
Burial Date:   31 Dec 1828
Burial Place:   Kelloe, Durham, County
FHL Film Number:   1514663
Reference ID:   p 22 cn 174

[billbir]

Hi Rena,
Thanks I will have a look at the link tomorrow.

[billbir]

KGarrard

At the risk of prolonging this debate. I had clearly said that he was born in Durham i.e. the county, and my not knowing where he was born, meant that I did not know what parish, town or village, in Durham, he was born in.

 Apologies for any confusion.

[Rena]

Hi Rena,
Thanks I will have a look at the link tomorrow.

The reason I searched for the name Andrew/Andreas was in case he had been named in favour of a paternal grandfather and also quite often a specific given name can be popular in an area of a country (e.g. the given name of Kenneth was popular in an area of the Highlands of Scotland due to a clan chief).  Unfortunately it's not going to be a five minute job looking through the list for all the spellings of the surname that you've already encountered. 

[klslim]

Not sure I can help out with origin of the name, but it appears we share an interest in Andrew Latue who is my 4X GG. I am relatively (no pun intended) new to RootsChat.com and genealogy and just came across your 2015 inquiry.

I discovered my connection to the Latue family while researching my Rutherford ancestors. My 2nd GG Thomas Rotherford married Catherine Latue (bn 1810), daughter of Robert Latue (1782-1847) and granddaughter of Andrew Latue (1751-1828).  It is difficult to trace the Latue lineage as there are many variations of the spelling including: Lathew, Latehew, Lattew, Lettew, Latu and in one instance Latio. My interest in the Latue name heightened when I discovered a number of Andrew Latue Rutherford's in my Rutherford tree. I suspect this is related to Catherine's younger brother Andrew Latue (1812-1842), whose accidental death at age 30 left him without a son to carry on his name. Unfortunately, I haven't bean able to work beyond Andrew Latue (1751-1828).

I suspect that Latue was originally a French name and through countless years of phonetic spellings evolved into a few "standard" versions. Unsure of protocol for providing email addresses. Please let me know if you wish further information.

Cheers!