austin Family History Facts 1920

austin Name Meaning and History

English, French, and German: from the personal name Austin, a vernacular form of Latin Augustinus, a derivative of Augustus. This was an extremely common personal name in every part of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, owing its popularity chiefly to St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430), whose influence on Christianity is generally considered to be second only to that of St. Paul. Various religious orders came to be formed following rules named in his honor, including the ‘Austin canons’, established in the 11th century, and the ‘Austin friars’, a mendicant order dating from the 13th century. The popularity of the personal name in England was further increased by the fact that it was borne by St. Augustine of Canterbury (died c. 605), an Italian Benedictine monk known as ‘the Apostle of the English’, who brought Christianity to England in 597 and founded the see of Canterbury.
German: from a reduced form of the personal name Augustin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Books on the Austin Family	CharlesF176	0
Sarah AUSTIN b. abt 1740	Terry_Rundle	0
Richard Austin & Moses Austin	Laura Arnold	5
Austin, Elenor	gtomchishen	4
Clan Austin Keith Catti	landscapetv	0
AUSTIN - injured in hurricane	cribbswh777	0
Austin Obits	JIWelsch	1
Henry Austin Albemarle, VA Bef. 1820	Twister101	4
Rebecca E. Austin	ERO1942	0
Austin's in Md. to Illinois to Ky.	BettySnyder99	1