Surnames usually originated from one of the five following sources: (although the same surname may have multiple meanings from different sources in different places). 1  From the first name of father used with either a suffix or prefix (which differ from country to country) to identify the person as son of.2  Examples:urnames usually originated from one of the five following sources: (although the same surname may have multiple meanings from different sources in different places). 1  From the first name of father used with either a suffix or prefix (which differ from country to country) to identify the person as son of. 2  Examples:
It was with this responsibility in mind that John Glenn lifted off from the launch pad at Cape Canaveral at 9:47 a.m. on February 20, 1962. Some 100,000 spectators watched on the ground nearby and millions more saw it on television.
Glenn checks over notes with backup pilot Scott Carpenter after a simulated flight in 1962, prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission at Cape Canaveral. The object of the mission was to put the first American spaceman into orbit around the Earth.