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Dictionary of
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Origin of the Surname CARNE,
CARNES.
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CARNE, CARNES
(Welsh) A rock, a heap of stones. This family claim descent
from Ithel, King of Ghent, now Monmouthshire. Thomas o'r Gare,
youngest son of Ithel, King of Ghent, was brought up at one of his father's
seats called Pencarne (from pen, the head, and carne, a
rock, a heap of stones), whence he was named Carne, which continues the
surname of the family.
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