Sentences with phrase «of family names»

His father would change the name from «Krausz» to «Krausz - Castelli» then to «Castelli» (his wife's maiden name), under the compulsion of Mussolini's government, which required the Italianization of family names.»

Indeed, the villa serves as a family escape for its owners; the word «Sammasan» is derived from a combination of family names.

While the Christmas Pageant was fun, the description was a little tedious as the litany of family names was recited.

Grade 4 word study includes exceptions to rules already learned, introducing students to the plural forms of family names, such as «the Kellys,» not «the Kellies».

All four of my family names» Nuechterlein and Hubinger on my father's side, List and Strieter on my mother's» are included in the roster of the earliest settlers.

It goes something like this, without apologies for the corniness of family namings.

The perpetuity of the family name depended on their fertility and the levirate marriage laws, whereby when a man died without issue his brother took the widow to wife, (Deuteronomy 25:5 - 10.)

But when we told my mom about the name it turned out that both my great grandmother and a cousin in California was named Elsa, so it turned out that it is kind of a family name for us.

He has one of the three highest academic averages in the history of Mansfield High — he received a B for one marking period in seventh - grade English but nothing lower than an A since — and will certainly become the fourth member of his family named most likely to succeed by his classmates at graduation.

This man of towering pride felt the sting of his family name singed but dug into his reservoir of toughness.

But before you judge, you should know that it's sort of a family name.

And to add insult to Welsh injury, we have the likes of Stephen Kinnock and Owen Smith riding the gravy train of the family name with an over-inflated sense of their own importance and their career prospects in Westminster as their only guiding principles in life.

But because of her family name, Kennedy's received the most media attention - and because she's never served or even run for public office, she's received the most scrutiny.

Failed businesses, blighted reputations, the unwanted destiny of a family name or a country or religion of origin — all of the disappointments of the past would stay there, in the past.

He says that when he was five or six, she told him that he was a direct descendant of a family named Kuisl, who were employed as executioners.

In Rise of Venice you take on the role of a member of a fairly minor family residing in the beautiful city of Venice, and your goal is to raise the stature of your family name to prominence, done through sailing the high seas and trading goods.

She changed the spelling of her family name from Blaszczyk, exhausted with mispronunciations in the Sixties and Seventies.

I had no choice but to serve as guardian of our family name.

Not exact matches

One seasoned private equity lawyer savvily points out that PE is a people business and that fund performance depends less on the brand name of the fund family than on the specific people managing the fund.

Three of the five members of the executive team at Leon's bear the family name — a sign that the sprawling clan still retains tight control over the business.

In case you needed a refresher on the world of witchcraft and wizardry, the little prince does, in fact, share a name with three members of the prominent family.

Though Trudeau is frequently accused of relying on his good looks and family name, the 41 - year - old member of Parliament's answers are more meat than filler.

The Mannix brothers share many things with their father (Fred Charles Mannix) and grandfather (Fred Stephen Mannix), whose empires they inherited: their names, obviously, but also their sharp business acumen, quiet - but - aggressive approaches to philanthropy (Calgary's brand new National Music Centre — which houses Canada's Music Hall of Fame — came to being thanks to more than $ 10 million in donations from the Mannix family business; the company also contributed $ 1 million to the National Gallery of Canada in 2015) and steadfast commitment to privacy.

Andrew Molson is a seventh - generation member of the family that still guides the company that bears its name.

And that's not just the case for those working for the big - name brands: A November Bureau of Labor Statistics study found that just 6 % of low - wage workers in the U.S. have access to paid family leave.

In November, the company announced a significant rebranding, including a new logo and a family of anthropomorphic robots to represent the different divisions, named Bit, Bud, Biz, Beam and Buzz.

In all likelihood, the name on the handle is Gillette, another member of the P&G family.

Despite having one of the most famous last names in the world, David Rockefeller Jr. didn't know his family was wealthy until he heard it from a classmate.

Two wings of Montreal's Fine Arts Museum are named in honour of his family.

• You know the names of their family members and have met them personally.

The family hasn't just slapped their name on the front door, either — in 2005, Sobeys Inc., Empire Company Limited and The Sobey Foundation contributed $ 2 million to fund undergraduate scholarships for students enrolled at the School of Business and pay for infrastructure developments.

The Zekelman family runs the largest independent steel tube manufacturer in North America, and they want everyone to know it: Last year the clan changed the name of the company from JMC Steel Group to Zekelman Industries, Inc..

As investigations at the federal and local levels close in on White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and the Kushner family business, Jared's father Charles Kushner has come out of the shadows to defend his family name.

AFTER 33 years in the steel industry and having grown the family business into one of the state's biggest names in steel retailing, former Midalia Steel managing director Geoff Midalia has taken a completely different tack with his newest business venture.

«Sheetz» is the last name of the family behind it.

First opened by the Zelepos family on Main Street in Mystic, Conn., this seaside establishment serves as the backdrop to the 1988 film of the same name, starring Julia Roberts.

Easton said the coroner's office provided the Kerrigan family with a name of that person, but the identification hasn't been independently confirmed.

Founding a company is a sheer act of will and tenacity in the face of immense skepticism from everyone — investors, customers, friends, family, and employees, to name a few.

After Agnelli's passing, Elkann, thrust to the forefront by the untimely deaths of two potential successors, was named chairman of Fiat and chairman and CEO of Exor, the family's $ 142 billion holding company with interests in commercial real estate, banking, media, heavy equipment, and the soccer team Juventus.

Northwestern's business school was established in the early 1900s, but it wasn't until 1979 that the school took the Kellogg name following a $ 10 million donation from the John L. and Helen Kellogg Foundation — heirs of the family that started the famed cereal company.

The police had tracked a package of clothes to a farmhouse on the outskirts of Corleone, the hilltop town that had inspired the fictional crime family name in «The Godfather.»

Grandson David, a chairman of the family holding company today, felt the full weight of the Thomson name growing up.

In lieu of sympathy flowers, the Heinz family has asked that donations in Austen's name be made to the iGem Foundation for the advancement of synthetic biology.

In the interview, Daniels (whose real name is Stephanie Clifford) detailed her alleged affair with Trump, saying she kept quiet about the incident out of fear for her safety and that of her family.

However, many congratulated the couple on choosing names that pay homage to both sides of the family.

Their mom Kris started something of a trend by giving all of her daughters a name beginning with the letter; the only Kardashian family member who doesn't have a name that starts with K is Rob, who was named after his father Robert Kardashian.

Put copies in the hands of trusted family members, too, especially if they are named to make health care decisions or take financial actions on your behalf should you become incapacitated, said Lehmann.

The cult favorite started in Washington, DC, in 1986 when former bond trader Jerry Murrell and his family opened a burger joint — named after Murrell and his four sons — with the goal of cooking hamburgers and fries using the best quality ingredients.

The family's lawyers have suggested Radio Shack was selling refurbished phones as new, and has also named Sprint, supplier of the phones in question, in their suit.

The family in question may have not just a strong position in terms of the stock it holds; they may also bear the name that's emblazoned on the company letterhead.