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Bruce, Close, Danvers-Glass, Dutton-Glass and 8 others
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    Arabella Vivian "Belle" Dutton-Glass (1933 - 2022)
    ARABELLA VIVIAN "AUNT BELLE" (CLOSE) GLASS, 89, of Jasonville, IN passed away at 7:12 A.M. Saturday, July 30, 2022 in Shakamak Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Jasonville, IN. She was born April 8, 1933...
  • Richard Dale Glass (1947 - 2007)
    Richard D. Glass, 59, of Jasonville passed away at 6:47 p.m. Monday, April 30, 2007 at Bloomington Hospital. Born Aug. 11, 1947 in Linton, he was the son of Carl W. and Alma G. (McQueary) Glass. He wa...
  • Larry Dean Glass, Sr. (1946 - 2015)
    Larry Dean Glass Sr, 69, of Cory, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 06, 2015 at his residence. Born Jul. 26, 1946 in Linton, Ind., he was the son of Carl Wilson and Alma Grace "McQueary" Glass. He ...
  • Donald Ray Glass, Sr. (1942 - 2010)
    Donald Ray Glass (October 14, 1942 - May 10, 2010) Donald Ray Glass, Sr. age 67 of Little Rock, passed from this life on May 10, 2010. Donald was born on October 14, 1942 in Linton, Indiana to his par...
  • Carl Wilson "Sonny" Glass, Jr. (1937 - 2018)
    Carl Wilson Glass, Jr., 81 of Osteen, Florida passed away on Monday, May 21, 2018. He was born on January 19, 1937 in Gary, Indiana to Carl Wilson Glass, Sr. and Alma Grace McQueary. He worked in the...

English and German: metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower from Old English glæs ‘glass’ Middle High German glas. In English the name may also derive from a nickname from Old French glas clas ‘clash of arms noise tumult (of battle)’. Irish (Ulster) Welsh Cornish and Scottish: from an Anglicized form of the epithet glas ‘slate colored gray’ or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it. German: from an altered form of the personal name Klass a shortened form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Glass ‘glass’ or a metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower (compare 1 above). Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Glas ‘voice’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
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