Lee, Thanks for your input. Many years ago I received a "certificate" from an
outfit in Bath, Ohio that gave a run down on the Cagle name and "coat of arms".
They included variations of the name and noted people with the various spellings, some of
which appeared to be Italian. Bottom line they were in the business of selling
genealogical information and the plaques with your "official" coat of arms. The
description of the coat of arms was given in what appeared to be Latin. I recall the
shield was divided in color red and blue with a saltire cross in white superimposed on
it. Above this was a stag with an "annulet gu" (red ring) on its shoulder. In
later years well known genealogists were issuing warnings about this organization not
providing authentic information. One aspect of description they mentioned that ties into
what you mentioned regarding the "stumps" stuck with me and I believe is very
valid. They related that Cagle meant "place of the stumps". My though!
t is th
at early on when names were associated with livelihood/profession, there were those that
made a product similar to the bowling pin. As I mentioned in earlier postings the bowling
pin was probably an item used for other purposes before it was used for recreation.
Dictionaries give the meaning of kegle (German from kegel) as a bowling pin, kegler as a
bowler and kegling as bowling. I think there is a site on the internet that gives some
history on bowling. I personally feel that somewhere back there, maybe in an area of the
Black Forest some good ole boys felled some timber, whittled it into a bowling pin shape
and bartered it off as a hand held maul, decorated a little and used as a weapon and
secreted away where the wife couldn't find it. Enough, best wishes, Earl Cagle
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From: "Lee Cagle" <caglel1(a)juno.com>
Earl,
I agree with all that you have written with this exception:
Kegler is German for Bowling Pin. Kegel I believe is "Dweller by the Stumps"
probably meaning the Kegels had something to do felling trees and processing
them.
Lee Cagle
Okla City
-- ecagle1(a)bellsouth.net wrote:
I think there is some confusion regarding the Kegel/Cagle line being from
Holland. To begin with the surname spelling of Kegel is absolute German and has
little resemblance to a Dutch spelling. Records indicate that Leonhart sailed
from Rotterdam which is a Holland port and along with Amsterdam were major ports
of departure from Europe to America and later the United States. Jennifer is
correct on the confusion of people with the nickname of "Dutch" or
"Dutchman"
being mistakenly identified with Holland just because they spoke "Deutsch"
which
translates to "German". Somewhere in all this exchange was a definition of
"Kegel", which I am not sure is correct. "Maker of mantles with
cowl" was the
definition, this is would be a cloak with a hood. I am given to sticking with
the German definition of "Kegel" being a bowling pin. Before it was used as a
bowing pin it was a tool and possibly a war club or weapon for defense. These
are my thoughts some based on research some !
on conj
ecture. Believe what you will, with my best wishes, Earl Cagle
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