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| Index, Resources, etc | 13 entries |
| Allen | |
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| This distinguished surname with more than fifty heraldic Coats of Arms granted to nameholders, and having several notable entries in the British 'Dictionary of National Biography', is equally widespread in England, Scotland and Ireland. It derives from the Gaelic and Breton personal name of the pre-Christian era 'Ailin' which loosely translates as 'Little ro ... (read more) | |
| Elizabeth Maude 1882-1953 | 18 entries |
| Moses abt 1829 - aft 1861 | 5 entries |
| Thomas 1849-1901 | 5 entries |
| Thomas 1887-1958 | 3 entries |
| Allerdice | |
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| Charles Alan Abt 1916 | 3 entries |
| Boe | |
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| Patrick Shan | 4 entries |
| Trendt Edward Shan | 5 entries |
| Bugden | |
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| This unusual and long-established surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is locational from either of the places called Buckden in Huntingdonshire and in West Yorkshire. The place in Huntingdonshire was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Bugedene", and means either "the valley of Bucca", or "the valley of the bucks", the derivation being from the ... (read more) | |
| Florence Ada 1892-1973 | 2 entries |
| Thomas Henry 1867-1938 | 3 entries |
| Bye | |
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| Recorded in the spellings of By, Bye, Buy, and Buye, this is a surname of Olde English pre 7th century origins. It is residential, and describes one who lived by a 'byge'. This was a prominent bend of a river, or perhaps a feature of the countryside such as a hill or rock outcrop, which may have appeared to be distorted in someway. It is unlikely to have ref ... (read more) | |
| Henry 1858 | 3 entries |
| Henry Abt 1830 | 2 entries |
| Callcott | |
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| This unusual surname can be described as habitational, and whilst apparently of Olde English origins, may also be associated both with the Romans, and one thousand years later, the 1066 Normans. The derivation is from "ceald-cote", which literally means "the cold house", an unusual distinction at a time when all houses lacked any warmth! It seems more likely ... (read more) | |
| Eliza 1874-1909 | 1 entry |
| Ellen -1956 | 1 entry |
| Cartledge | |
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| This is an English locational name, from 'Cartledge' in Derbyshire. The derivation is from a combination of the Old Norse 'kartr' meaning 'rocky ground' and the Old English pre 7th Century 'loecc' meaning boggy stream. Locational names were usually given to the lord of the manor and to the local inhabitants and especially to those people who moved away from ... (read more) | |
| Amy Rosalie 1877-1880 | 2 entries |
| Arthur Charles 1899-1943 | 2 entries |
| Beatrice Harriett | 12 entries |
| Edwin James 1887-1918 | 8 entries |
| Ellen Evelyn 1921 | 1 entry |
| Elsie Lillian 1913-2002 | 1 entry |
| Ernest Edwin 1869-1959 | 15 entries |
| George Alexander 1885-1959 | 9 entries |
| Harold Keith 1911 | 1 entry |
| Harold William 1888-1964 | 15 entries |
| Harold William 1914-1977 | 1 entry |
| Henry James 1804-1879 | 3 entries |
| James Randall 1865-1897 | 4 entries |
| John Collin 1890-1988 | 9 entries |
| John Collins 1837-1908 | 15 entries |
| John Collins 1861-1941 | 13 entries |
| John Collins 1913-1980 | 2 entries |
| John William 1923 | 1 entry |
| Joseph Henry 1867-1883 | 3 entries |
| Leonard Marcus Abt 1906-1908 | 2 entries |
| Lily Caroline 1882-1883 | 2 entries |
| Marcus Martin 1879-1942 | 5 entries |
| Marguerita Mary 1893-1938 | 6 entries |
| Maria 1862-1863 | 2 entries |
| Martha Jane 1871-1877 | 2 entries |
| Probably Unrelated | 2 entries |
| Randall James Dallawel 1889 | 15 entries |
| Sarah Maria Florence 1892 | 2 entries |
| Victor Rowland 1900-1984 | 3 entries |
| Walter John 1902-1975 | 12 entries |
| William 1838-1918 | 5 entries |
| William George 1914-1987 | 2 entries |
| William George Garrett 1874-1874 | 2 entries |
| Cox | |
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| This interesting surname has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may have originated as a nickname from the bird, the cock, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century "cocc", and applied to a young lad who strutted proudly like a cock. The nickname may also have referred to a natural leader, or an early riser, or a lusty or aggressive individual. I ... (read more) | |
| Elizabeth 1855-1855 | 1 entry |
| Elizabeth Julia 1842-1920 | 10 entries |
| Margaret | 3 entries |
| Thomas Abt 1797-1891 | 5 entries |
| Thomas Henry 1866-1890 | 2 entries |
| William James 1855-1913 | 2 entries |
| Dunn | |
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| This interesting surname, found in England, Scotland and Ireland, has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may be of Anglo-Saxon origin, from the Olde English pre 7th Century and Middle English "dunn", meaning "dull, brown, dark-coloured", and was a nickname for a man with dark hair or a swarthy complexion. It may also have originated from an unrecorded ... (read more) | |
| Charles Alfred 1883-1968 | 1 entry |
| Emmott | |
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| This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and has two distinct possible origins, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, the name may derive from Emmot, a diminutive pet form of the female personal name Emma, introduced into England by the Normans, among whom it was extremely popular. The ultimate origin is the Germanic "Emma" ... (read more) | |
| Anne 1642-1714 | 1 entry |
| Faulkner | |
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| Mavis Isabelle | 2 entries |
| Field | |
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| This ancient surname of pre 7th century German origins and Anglo-Saxon origins, is recorded in over seventy spellings. These range from Feild, Feld, and Field, to Delafield, Veld, Van den Velde, Feldmann, and the various ornamental compounds such as Feldblum or Fieldstone. However spelt, the name is topographical for someone who lived or worked on land which ... (read more) | |
| Alan Francis | 3 entries |
| Alfred Ernest 1882-1924 | 49 entries |
| Alfred Ernest Laurence 1905 | 15 entries |
| Allan Thomas 1923 | 8 entries |
| Amy Rosalie 1890-1969 | 14 entries |
| Annie Elizabeth Abt 1914 | 2 entries |
| Arthur Edward 1902-1987 | 27 entries |
| Barry Edward | 16 entries |
| Bruce | 1 entry |
| Charles Richard 1896-1981 | 17 entries |
| Constance Mary Randall 1884-1942 | 11 entries |
| Cyril Charles 1934 | 5 entries |
| Doris Mary Joyce 1917 | 12 entries |
| Dorothy May 1918-1972 | 7 entries |
| Edna Mary 1921 | 1 entry |
| Family | 3 entries |
| George Randle 1892-1940 | 9 entries |
| George William Abt 1914-1985 | 10 entries |
| Gladys Maud 1907-1982 | 8 entries |
| Harriet 1848-1932 | 17 entries |
| Heather 1956 | 2 entries |
| Henry, Brother of John | 4 entries |
| Isabel Emilie 1894-1977 | 28 entries |
| Jillian Anne 1951-2009 | 17 entries |
| John 1813-1895 | 97 entries |
| John Field - Husband of Ann | 4 entries |
| John Howieson 1850-1935 | 68 entries |
| John Robert 1939-1985 | 9 entries |
| Joseph Foster 1856-1856 | 3 entries |
| Karen Joy | 1 entry |
| Kevin Richard | 4 entries |
| Lenard John 1929 | 6 entries |
| Leslie William | 5 entries |
| Marcus Martin 1854-1938 | 22 entries |
| Marcus Martin 1883-1961 | 14 entries |
| Maria Harriet 1839-1905 | 5 entries |
| Martha Kingsbury Abt 1852-1938 | 18 entries |
| Nellie Irene 1912-1973 | 8 entries |
| Nellie May 1904-1905 | 6 entries |
| Norman Keith 1916-1936 | 18 entries |
| Olive Rita 1898-1900 | 2 entries |
| Percival John Mannix 1920-1997 | 11 entries |
| Percy Claude 1886-1956 | 13 entries |
| Phillipa Williams 1858-1859 | 3 entries |
| Richard Leslie 1909 | 13 entries |
| Rita Florence 1911-1981 | 9 entries |
| Ruby Adelaide 1890-1967 | 12 entries |
| Ryk Edward | 16 entries |
| Sydney Alfred 1914-1983 | 10 entries |
| Sydney Leslie 1893-1973 | 14 entries |
| Sylvia Jean 1919-2000 | 8 entries |
| Teena | 4 entries |
| Thelma Myrtle 1919-1993 | 5 entries |
| Tracy Anne | 7 entries |
| Victor William 1885-1964 | 13 entries |
| Victor William 1915 | 12 entries |
| Follett | |
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| This interesting surname with variant spellings Follet, Follett, Follit, Follitt, etc., is a diminutive of Foll, a nickname for an eccentric person, deriving from the Old French "fol" meaning "mad, foolish". The surname dates back to the late 11th Century, (see below). Further recordings include Roger Folet (1158) "The Pipe Rolls of Kent". Church recordings ... (read more) | |
| Arthur Charles 1923-2011 | 12 entries |
| Clarence Edgar 1916 | 10 entries |
| Helen May 1921 | 7 entries |
| Henry George Abt 1915 | 5 entries |
| Joseph Henry 1886-1961 | 2 entries |
| Reta Rosalie 1918 | 7 entries |
| Foreman | |
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| There are at least two origins for this very interesting surname which is generally accepted as being of Old English pre 7th century origins. The first and most likely is that it is job descriptive for the manager of a large farm or even an estate. The derivation is from the elements 'fir' meaning strong or firm and 'man(n)' - literally friend, servant or wo ... (read more) | |
| Alfred Edward 1870-1941 | 10 entries |
| Arthur John 1869-1869 | 2 entries |
| Gladys Hallie Louise 1902-1980 | 10 entries |
| Hedley Vernon Glenville 1907-1980 | 10 entries |
| John Abt 1845-1871 | 4 entries |
| Foster | |
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| This very interesting English medieval surname, the family name of the Lords Oriel of Ireland, has at least four possible origins. The first is an occupational name for a saddle tree maker, a very important occupation seven hundred or more years ago. Here the derivation is from the Old French "fustier", itself originating from the word "fustre", meaning a bl ... (read more) | |
| Eliza Maria Harriett | 2 entries |
| Henrietta Emily 1861-1892 | 2 entries |
| Galtry | |
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| Edwin James 1925 | 1 entry |
| Garrett | |
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| This ancient surname is of German and French pre 7th century origins. It derives from either of the popular personal names Gerard or Gerald. "Gerard" comprises the elements "gari" meaning a spear, and "hard" - brave, whilst "Gerald" has the same prefix of "gari", but the suffix is from "wald", meaning to rule.This type of compound name with its echoes of tou ... (read more) | |
| Jane 1803-1882 | 2 entries |
| Greenwood | |
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| This famous surname is of Olde English pre 7th century origins. It is particularly popular in the county of Yorkshire, and whilst believed to be a topographical name for someone who lived in a forest, may have originated from a now "lost" medieval village in the county called Greenwood or similar. The name derives from the words "grene" meaning literally the ... (read more) | |
| Emma 1858-1876 | 1 entry |
| Fred Foulton Greenwood 1891-1891 UNRELATED | 2 entries |
| John Thomas Abt 1824-1906 | 29 entries |
| Marian 1850 | 3 entries |
| Hebden | |
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| This interesting name of Medieval English origin is locational, either from a place so called in North East Somerset, near Weston-Super-Mare, or a dialectal variant of Hebden, from a place in Yorkshire. The derivation, of Hebden, which was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Hebedene", is from the Old English "heope", rose-hips, with "denu", a va ... (read more) | |
| Jane Bet 1737 and 1751 | 1 entry |
| Hogan | |
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| Bridget | 1 entry |
| Ellen Abt 1825-1893 | 5 entries |
| Michael Abt 1783-1878 | 3 entries |
| Holley | |
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| Edward John | 2 entries |
| House | |
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| Recorded as House, Howse, Hoose, Housaman, and Houseman (English and Scottish) and as Housse, Dehouse, Houssier, Houssay, Housseman, Houzelle, Housiaux, and Houssiaux, this unusual and interesting name is residential or perhaps occupational. It described a person who was employed at, or who had some connection with, the largest and most important building in ... (read more) | |
| Ruth Ethel Abt 1892-1974 | 2 entries |
| William | 1 entry |
| Ibbitson | |
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| The family of Ann Kay nee Ibbitson: Australian migrant from Pannal, Yorkshire, England Ann Ibbitson, wife of Abel Kay (1830-1897) lived in Yorkshire until 1858. In that year Ann sailed for Victoria, Australia with sons Abel and Charles, arriving in January 1859, where she rejoined her husband, who had travelled to Victoria in 1857. Related in ... (read more) | |
| Ann 1832-1893 | 10 entries |
| Kay | |
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| The family of Abel Kay: Australian migrant from Pannal, Yorkshire, England The family of Abel Kay (1830-1897) lived in Yorkshire until 1857. In that year, Abel - the youngest son of Benjamin Kay and Mary Todd Umpleby - sailed for Victoria, Australia and was joined early in 1859 by his wife Ann and sons Abel and Charles. Related information fo ... (read more) | |
| Abel 1830-1897 | 17 entries |
| Abel 1858-1933 | 3 entries |
| Abel Alexander 1911 | 3 entries |
| Abel Charles 1882-1963 | 8 entries |
| Albion 1817-1853 | 1 entry |
| Arthur Benjamin 1886-1966 | 2 entries |
| Benjamin 1787 | 5 entries |
| Benjamin 1863-1927 | 3 entries |
| Charles James 1888-1977 | 3 entries |
| Eliza Ann 1884 | 2 entries |
| Elizabeth 1877 | 1 entry |
| Family | 1 entry |
| Frederick John 1890-1966 | 7 entries |
| John 1704-1780 | 6 entries |
| Margaret Ann 1862-1930 | 6 entries |
| Richard 1747-1810 | 1 entry |
| Richard 1874-1956 | 3 entries |
| Stephen 1783-1840 | 1 entry |
| Keele | |
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| Ellen Helena Rose 1876-1961 | 1 entry |
| Kelly | |
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| This interesting surname, with variant spellings Kelley and Kellie, has three distinct possible origins. Firstly, it is an Anglicized form of the great Old Gaelic name "O'Ceallaigh". The Gaelic prefix "O" indicates "male descendant of", plus the personal byname "Ceallach" meaning "strife" or "contention". The main (O')Kelly clan belonged to Ui Maine (mid Gal ... (read more) | |
| Catherine Abt 1839-1915 | 3 entries |
| Kirby | |
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| Recorded in many spelling forms including: Cerby, Cirby, Curby, Cerbee, Kirby, Kirkby, Kirkebye, Kerbey, Kerby, and Kurby this is an English surname. It is of locational origin from one of the numerous places named Kirby or Kirkby, as for example, Kirby le Soken in the county of Essex; Kirby Cane in Norfolk; Monks Kerby in Warwickshire; Kirby Hill in the Nor ... (read more) | |
| Eliza Jane 1870-1962 | 3 entries |
| John 1815-1855 | 1 entry |
| John Cornelius 1840 | 1 entry |
| Lawrence | |
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| This ancient surname is recorded in over one hundred spelling forms ranging from the Scottish and English Lawrence and Laurens, to Laurant (France), Lorentz (Germany), Lorenzo (Spain), Renzi (Italy), and Vavrik (Czech). However spelt the ultimate surname derives from the male given name "Laurentius", which itself originates from Laurentium, the "city of laur ... (read more) | |
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| Eliza 1857-1937 | 8 entries |
| Henry abt 1830-1906 | 2 entries |
| Lupton | |
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| This is a English locational name from a place so called in the former county of Westmoreland, now known as Cumbria. There is also a Lupoton House in Devon, which was probably so named from the Lupton family who lived there. The placename is recorded in the Domesday Book as "Lupetun" and probably derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "H ... (read more) | |
| Jane 1729 | 1 entry |
| Samuel Bet 1681 and 1701 | 1 entry |
| Luscombe | |
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| This interesting and unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname from the county of Devonshire, specifically from any one of the five villages of this name called "Luscombe". The placename derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century words "hlose", meaning "pigsty", and "cumb", an originally Celtic word meaning a short, straight valle ... (read more) | |
| Alice Lillian 1906-1994 | 2 entries |
| Matthews | |
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| This ancient English and Scottish surname was rarely recorded and never as a surname, before the Norman Invasion of 1066. Its popularity dates from the 12th century when returning Crusaders from the Holy Land gave it to one of their sons in commemoration of the fathers expedition. The derivation is from the Hebrew male given name "Mattathiah" meaning "gift o ... (read more) | |
| Florence Marsalina 1869 | 1 entry |
| McDonald | |
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| This is probably the most famous of Scottish clan surnames. Recorded in the modern spellings of MacDonald and McDonald, the derivation is from the pre 10th century Gaelic name Mac Dhomhnuill. This is a compound which translates literally as "The son of the world ruler". Whilst this may not have been the actual meaning fifteen hundred years ago, it is perhaps ... (read more) | |
| Albert John 1900 | 1 entry |
| Arthur James Ross 1894-1917 | 7 entries |
| Family | 1 entry |
| George Donald 1895 | 2 entries |
| Herbert Leslie Roy 1898 | 7 entries |
| Indexes | 4 entries |
| James Ross Abt 1833-1922 | 9 entries |
| James Ross Abt 1867-1940 | 17 entries |
| James Ross Abt 1872-1940 2nd Son James | 1 entry |
| Lucille Daisy 1892-1982 | 8 entries |
| Olive 1908-2000 | 1 entry |
| William John Ramford 1901 | 1 entry |
| Meech | |
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| Meech is a medieval nickname surname for a gentle or self-effacing person deriving from the Medieval English "meek" or the Old Norse "mjukr" meaning "humble" or "meek". The surname from this source is first recorded in the early half of the 13th Century (see below). One, Robert le Meke appears in the "Register of the Freemen of the City of York" circa 1300, ... (read more) | |
| Radford Gundry 1789 | 2 entries |
| Moore | |
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| This distinguished British surname recorded in a wide range of spellings including: More, Mores, Moor, Moores, Moors, and in Scotland Muir, has a number of possible origins. The first is a topographical name for someone who lived on a moor or in a fen, both of which were denoted by the Olde English pre 7th Century word "mor", or from one of the various villa ... (read more) | |
| Arthur Charles Glenville 1884 | 1 entry |
| Douglas Howieson 1918 | 6 entries |
| Frederick Henry | 8 entries |
| Harry Radford Gundry 1883-1883 | 2 entries |
| Herbert Edward Leslie 1886-1932 | 10 entries |
| Leslie Norman | 2 entries |
| Melva Winifred 1886-1932 | 7 entries |
| Probably Unrelated | 1 entry |
| Verna Irene 1916-2011 | 11 entries |
| Moran | |
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| Moran is an Anglicized form of two distinct Gaelic Irish sept names - O'Morain and O'Moghrain of Connacht. The Gaelic prefix 'O' indicates 'male descendant of', plus the personal byname Morain, from 'mor' meaning 'great' or 'large'. The original territory of the O'Morans lay in Elphin, County Galway, and at Ardnaree, County Mayo. Another branch of the sept w ... (read more) | |
| Eric James | 2 entries |
| Morrison | |
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| Recorded in several spellings including Morrison, Morrieson, Morison, and Moryson, this is an Anglo-Scottish surname, which is almost equally popular in Ireland. It is the patronymic form of the surname Maurice or Morris, deriving from the Latin "Mauritius", and meaning swarthy, from "Maurus", a Moor. The popularity of the name was due in part to the fame of ... (read more) | |
| Daisy Maud 1890-1972 | 2 entries |
| Plymin | |
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| Alfred Robert Edward b. 29 May 1919 | 2 entries |
| Family | 34 entries |
| Herbert Thomas | 1 entry |
| Noel Stuart | 16 entries |
| Pollard | |
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| This interesting name has two possible origins. Firstly, it may have been a nickname for a person with a close-cropped head, from the Middle English word "poll" meaning "the head" plus the intensive suffix "-ard". The term pollard, denoting an animal that has had its horns lopped, is not recorded until the 16th Century. Hence, a more likely source for the na ... (read more) | |
| Margaret Bet 1699 and 1706 | 1 entry |
| Powell | |
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| This interesting name has two possible origins, the first and most generally applicable to modern-day bearers of the name being from the early medieval Welsh patronymic form of the personal name "Hywel". In Welsh this was rendered as "ap-Howell" or "Hywel", meaning "son of Hywel", a male personal name popular since the Middle Ages in honour of the great 10th ... (read more) | |
| Jane Phillips Abt 1857-1937 | 9 entries |
| Price | |
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| David Henry | 1 entry |
| Proctor | |
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| This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is an occupational name for a steward, deriving from the Middle English "prok(e)tour", a contracted form of the Old French "procurateor", from the Latin "procurare", to manage. The term was used most commonly for an attorney in a spiritual court, but also of other officials such as collectors ... (read more) | |
| Alice 1720 | 1 entry |
| John Bet 1598 and 1618 | 1 entry |
| Robert 1641 | 1 entry |
| Thomas 1675 | 1 entry |
| Randall | |
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| This interesting surname is English, and occasionally Scottish. It has two possible origins. The first is from the Middle English given name "Randel", a diminutive of the personal name "Rande", to which was added the Norman French diminutive suffix "-el"; meaning little, to give Little Rand or more likely son of Rande. Rande meaning shield, was a first eleme ... (read more) | |
| Maria Abt 1818-1894 | 14 entries |
| Rapps | |
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| Eliza 1833-1906 | 1 entry |
| Richmond | |
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| This long-established surname, with variant spellings Richmond and Richmont, and French cognates Richemont and Richemond, is of French origin, and is locational from any of the various places in North France, named with the Old French elements "riche", rich or splendid, plus "mont", hill, or from Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The latter, recorde ... (read more) | |
| Olive 1897-1952 | 1 entry |
| Scott | |
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| Leslie James 1912-1975 | 3 entries |
| Seears | |
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| Elizabeth Jane 1880-1956 | 3 entries |
| Simmonds | |
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| Allan Cannam | 1 entry |
| Simon | |
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| Peter James 1944-2009 | 8 entries |
| Skelly | |
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| This is an anglicized form of the Olde Gaelic name "O' Scolaidhe" or "O' Scolaire". The Gaelic prefix "O" indicated "male descendant of", plus "Scolaide", a Crier i.e. one whose duty it was to announce important forthcoming events, or "Scolaire", a student. Originally a Westmeath Clan, the Scullys were driven by Anglo-Norman pressure to Munster c.1170. One b ... (read more) | |
| Patience Abt 1821-1855 | 1 entry |
| Smiley | |
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| This unusual and interesting name is a dialectal variant of a name of Scottish origin, although it is thought that it was introduced into Scotland by an Englishman from "Smalley" in Derbyshire. The name "Smalley" appears early in Scottish records in the form of one "Ricardus Smaley", a witness in the Glasgow Church Registers of circa 1280 - 1290. The placena ... (read more) | |
| Sarah 1849-1888 | 1 entry |
| Smith | |
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| Recorded in the spellings of Smith, Smithe, Smythe, and the patronymics Smiths, and Smithson, this is the most popular surname in the English speaking world by a considerable margin. Of pre 7th century Anglo-Saxon origins, it derives from the word 'smitan' meaning 'to smite' and as such is believed to have described not a worker in iron, but a soldier, one w ... (read more) | |
| Alan James | 2 entries |
| Daisy May 1896-1979 | 1 entry |
| Geoffrey Saunders | 4 entries |
| Herbert Saunders 1900-1969 | 4 entries |
| Storr | |
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| This long-established surname is of Old Scandinavian origin, and belongs to that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These nicknames were originally given with reference to a variety of personal characteristics, such as physical attributes and peculiarities, and mental and moral characteri ... (read more) | |
| Anne Abt 1826-1870 | 2 entries |
| Todd | |
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| This interesting and unusual name, found mainly in the north of England and Scotland, is of early medieval English origin. It is a nickname surname for someone thought to resemble a fox in some real or fancied way, for example, either in being quick or clever, or perhaps more obviously in having red hair. The derivation is from the Northern Middle English "t ... (read more) | |
| Grace Bet 1679 and 1699 | 1 entry |
| Mary 1751 | 1 entry |
| Michael 1719 | 1 entry |
| Thomas 1683 | 1 entry |
| Thomas Abt 1651 | 1 entry |
| Thomas Bet 1610 and 1630 | 1 entry |
| Umpleby | |
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| This is an English and specifically Yorkshire locational surname of some confusion. Recorded as Umpelby, Umpleby, Umplebye and possibly others, the famous Victorian etymologist, Canon Charles Bardsley writing in the year 1880, found eleven recordings of the surname in the Modern Domesday Book for the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1873. However he failed to fin ... (read more) | |
| Mary Todd 1793 | 1 entry |
| Thomas 1715 | 1 entry |
| William 1749 | 1 entry |
| Unrelated Mistakes | |
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| Allen, Thomas 1853 | 2 entries |
| Allen, Thomas Abt 1817 | 1 entry |
| Allen, Thomas Abt 1848 | 1 entry |
| Allen, Thomas Henry 1847 | 1 entry |
| Lawrence, Eliza 1853 | 1 entry |
| Lawrence, George Abt 1822 | 1 entry |
| Watson, Albert 1893 | 2 entries |
| Watson | |
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| This is a famous Anglo-Scottish surname of great antiquity. Very popular in the north of England and the Border Country, it is one of the patronymic forms of the pre 7th century popular male personal name Watt, itself a development of the Anglo-Saxon personal name and later surname, Walter. This has the interesting translation of 'powerful warrior'. It is al ... (read more) | |
| Albert Francis 1915-1978 | 1 entry |
| Albert Francis Sherwood Abt 1892-1988 | 36 entries |
| Benjamin Ray | 4 entries |
| Elizabeth Marion 1862-1920 | 3 entries |
| Francis Richard Raymond 1941 | 2 entries |
| Howard | 8 entries |
| June Heather | 7 entries |
| Margaret Doreen 1914-2000 | 39 entries |
| Nancy Patricia | 8 entries |
| Wharton | |
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| This interesting surname, of English origin, with variant spellings of Warton and Worton, is a locational name from any of the various places so called. Wharton in Cheshire and Hertfordshire are derived from an Olde English pre 7th Century river name Woefer, from "woefre" meaning wandering or winding plus "tun", settlement. Wharton in Lincolnshire has as it' ... (read more) | |
| Anne 1670-1730 | 1 entry |
| Whelan | |
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| Recorded in many spellings including Wheelan, Whalen, Whelan, Whelehan, Welan, Weallan, Wealleans, Feolande, Fyland, O'Phelane, Phelan and probably others, this interesting name is Irish. It is the anglicized or developed form of the ancient pre 10th century Gaelic name O' Faolain, meaning a male descendant of Faolan, itself a personal name meaning 'Young wo ... (read more) | |
| Albert Raymond 1898-1961 | 1 entry |
| Arthur James 1873-1937 | 1 entry |
| Charles Henry George 1896-1916 | 4 entries |
| Clarence Claude Clement 1900-1977 | 1 entry |
| David William Whelan 1893-1977 | 1 entry |
| Family | 1 entry |
| Herbert Allan 1892-1964 | 1 entry |
| John Norman 1895-1917 | 3 entries |
| Mary Helena 1867-1935 | 9 entries |
| Michael Luke Abt 1834-1906 | 10 entries |
| Michael Valentine 1896-1978 | 1 entry |
| Myrtle Hilda Whelan 1907-1967 | 2 entries |
| Percival Reginald Whelan 1876-1917 | 7 entries |
| Rose Eleanor Amy 1886-1967 | 1 entry |
| Walter Thomas Joseph 1901-1967 | 1 entry |
| William Frederick 1866-1931 | 1 entry |
| Young | |
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| This interesting surname is of Anglo-Saxon pre 7th century origin, and as such is one of the earliest known origins. The derivation is from the word 'geong', which developed into the Middle English 'yunge or yonge', and literally means 'The young one'. Curiously children of the same sex in a medieval family were often given the same name, and to differentiat ... (read more) | |
| John Ronald 1920 Not Related Mistake | 2 entries |
The current focus of research in this tree is on the descendants of John FIELD and Maria RANDALL, who came to the colony of Victoria in 1851 aboard the Slains Castle. If you are related, please get in touch. Contact information is at the bottom of this page.
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