Is the last name grills american and is the last name Canale italian or french?

last names grills and canale

Is the last name grills american and is the last name Canale italian or french?
This is what www.ancestry.com had to say about both names.


Grills


English: patronymic from Grill 1.





Canale


Italian: habitational name from any of numerous places called Canale, from Latin canalis ‘channel’, ‘conduit’.





Hope this helps.
Reply:Here are the first 20 of 199 people named Grills who were in the USA in 1880, from





http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...





Some are natives, some aren't. The one from Newfoundland probably came here because she wanted to exchange chocolate rabbits on Easter; as you know people in Canada do not do that.


They exchange


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chocolate moose!!!








1. Emma J. GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Illinois


SisterL Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1864%26gt; ENG





2. Ellen GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Massachusetts


Other Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1822%26gt; NEWFOUNDLAND





3. Thomas GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / New York


Self Gender: Male Birth: %26lt;1828%26gt; ENG





4. Caroline GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / New York


Wife Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1832%26gt; ENG





5. Thomas GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Ohio


Other Gender: Male Birth: %26lt;1850%26gt; VA





6. John GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Oregon


Self Gender: Male Birth: %26lt;1841%26gt; BELGUM





7. Margreat GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Oregon


Wife Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1848%26gt; WALES





8. Rosa C. GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Oregon


Dau Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1871%26gt; OR





9. Margreat GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Oregon


Dau Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1873%26gt; OR





10. George M. GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Oregon


Son Gender: Male Birth: %26lt;1875%26gt; OR





11. Paulin C. GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Oregon


Dau Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1878%26gt; OR





12. Etta GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Pennsylvania


Cousin Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1845%26gt; PA





13. Mary Thomas GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Delaware


Self Gender: Male Birth: %26lt;1835%26gt; IRE





14. Mary GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Delaware


Wife Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1835%26gt; NY





15. Catherine GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Delaware


Dau Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1867%26gt; NY





16. Maggie GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Delaware


Dau Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1871%26gt; NY





17. Loretta GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Indiana


SisterL Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1860%26gt; IN





18. Henry GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Indiana


Self Gender: Male Birth: %26lt;1856%26gt; VA





19. Sarah GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Indiana


Wife Gender: Female Birth: %26lt;1852%26gt; KY





20. James GRILLS - 1880 United States Census / Kentucky


SSon Gender: Male Birth: %26lt;1874%26gt; KY
Reply:I don't know what you mean by an American surname. I don't believe there is any such thing. The nationality of anyone who is a citizen of the U. S. is American, although they might have different ethnicities. There is no specific American ethnicity.





Also, I am not being defensive because I have been ghetto ised or anything like that.


I am a descendant of colonial ancestors and some that came after the United States was established. I have at least one ancestor that was on the 2nd supply to Jamestown in 1608, and that was BEFORE the Mayflower. Also one family line, according to many people, crossed over an ice bridge from East Asia about 40,000 or more years ago. Still my nationality and my name is no more American than someone who received naturalization today. There is no such thing as a specific American name.
Reply:I don't know about Grills, but Knowing Italian as I do, Canale can be Italian; I cannot exclude other Romance languages.