The loch Surname
loch Name Meaning and History
- German: topographic name from Middle High German loch ‘hollow’, ‘valley’, ‘hole’.
- Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a loch or lake, or, according to Black, specifically from Portmore Loch in Eddleston.
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| Loch Family from Austria-Hungary (Koengsdorf) |
 bogy2830
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| Anne Marie Loch 1795 father Peter married Johannes Schmittberger |
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| Looking for relatives |
shadow30851
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| LOCH, Peter Jacob | Ben Lough | 10 |
| PHOTOS: Cleve and Acil LOCH taken in Kirksville, MO |
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| John Loch (1752-1834) |
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| Annette Loch, Poland | Alesia | 4 |
| Loch family | Lea Allen | 1 |
| Loch from Hungary | Kim Nelson | 11 |
| Obit: George Loch, d. July 1911, Pennsylvania |
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