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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 71 Send Message	dragongirl	Report	27 Oct 2007 14:40
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 71 Send Message	Can anyone tell me where the name NIANZA comes from? I have a great uncle born 1899 in Wales with this as his middle name I thought it was a misprint or mispelt but have copy birth cert back this week and it`s the correct spelling.His daughter is still alive and said he was always called Dan actually named Reginald Nianza Carey!!!!!! Googled and came up loads of Italian so no good,
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 704 Send Message	Chica in the sun ☼	Report	27 Oct 2007 15:17
	also says it is an obsolete Teutonic word meaning "ground beneath my feet". Rather nice I think.
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 71 Send Message	dragongirl	Report	27 Oct 2007 18:03
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 71 Send Message	Hi Thanks for your replies, he was the firstborn and his father enlisted in 1912/1915 but on his War pensions page it stated he had served in the late 1880`s with a different Welsh Regiment and he had been "bought Out" His father had died in 1886 and he was the eldest living son maybe service was in Africa-did consider the Zulu or Boer Wars but will have to check his service Record again Maybe if I could find his first Regiment it would help. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction and agree Daisychain ¬ground beneath my feet" does sound nice