This website is the ancesterial story and family history of Paul Oscar Fladt and 
Betty Darlene Edgington, their 4 children:


Sandra Kay Fladt, Paul Wayne Fladt, Lona Darlene Fladt, and Diane Luella Fladt


and their 8 grandchildren:

Steven Wayne Cossel, Shawn Glen Cossel, Jacklyn Kay Cossel, Christina Louisa Fladt, 
Stefan Paul Fladt, Wendy Sue Cossel, Misty Dawn Starrett, and Lona Ayleese 
Starrett.




Flad(was changed to Fladt by Jakob Fladt B.1824)


American Family Name Origins: Flad  


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Frequency: (150)

(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, 
representing one third of the 1997 US population) 
German: 

1. from Middle High German vlade ‘thin (sheet) cake’; probably a metonymic 
occupational name for a baker.

2. in southern Germany, a topographic name from Flad(e) ‘reed’, ‘sedge’. 

3. variant of Flath 2.



Edgington

Frequency: (1086)

(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, 
representing one third of the 1997 US population) 

English (West Midlands): probably a habitational name, of uncertain origin. It may be 
from a lost place, so named as the ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with 
Ecgi’, a short form of the various compound names with the first element 
ecg ‘edge’, ‘point’ (of a weapon). Alternatively, it may be a variant of Erdington 
(see Edrington).





McDaniel


 The name has changed over the years. From MacDonnell to McDonald. 


The McDaniel origin is Scottish. The definition is a patronymic surname meaning "son 
of Donald," which means world ruler. Derived from the Gaelic, "Mac Dhamhnuill." Other 
spellings of McDainel are: MacDonald,McDonnell, McDonaill, and McDonall. The following 
information was found at other websites. “Altered form of Irish 
McDonnell ‘son of Donal’, from an incorrect association of the Gaelic patronymic with 
the personal name Daniel.” McDonnell is “Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac 
Dhomhnuill, a patronymic from the personal name Domhnall.” “This family was for many 
centuries reputed the most powerful of any in the Highlands of Scotland, being 
styled 'King of the Isles,' for many generations, during which they were successful in 
asserting their independence. Somerled, Thane of Argyle, flourished about the year 
1140, and was the ancestor of all the McDonalds. He married the daughter of Olans, 
Lord of the Western Isles, whereupon he assumed the title of 'King of the Isles.' He 
was slain, in 1164, by Walter, Lord High Steward of Scotland. Donald, from whom the 
clan derived their name, was his grandson.” McDonald is “Scottish: Anglicized form of 
Gaelic Mac Dhomhnuill, a patronymic from the personal name Domhnall, which is composed 
of the ancient Celtic elements domno- ‘world’ + val- ‘might’, ‘rule’.”