Genealogy Chat

Hi Ken, Thanks so much for that! How fascinating! Gold star coming your way - you are spot on with them all! Wonderful! Helen x

Brilliant Ken with mine Melluish, Fellows, Westwood , Pinson, and Foden, only one I haven't got the same is Button as I can get mine back to Nottingham in the 1700's but no-where else - will give me more scope to look though Thanks Joanne

Thanks Ken Spot on with Readman and extremely close with Spenceley. Although I've found no connection with Weatherall and Co Durham or Notts yet!!! Still very early on with Harrison research so I'll bear it in mind when I'm looking. Very Interesting though! Regards Elaine

WEATHERALL - 2 areas Co. Durham & Notts. - Easington & Basford SPENCELEY - Yorkshire, North Riding, Helmsley READMAN - Yorkshire, North Riding, Whitby HARRISON - Imagine a North/South divide line along the cities of Peterborough, Coventry & Birmiongham Harrison is a North England name actual numbers show Lancs & W Riding, percntage of population indicates Westmoreland & E Riding -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MELLUISH - South Devon, St Thmas and surrounding area FELLOWS & WESTWOOD - West Midlands, Staffs., Dudley PINSON - Staffs., Wolverhampton & Cannock BRIGGS - W. Riding, Bradford Clitheroe( & Memsworth) BUTTON - SE England & Somerset, Suffolk, Blything, Frome(Som.) ...................(Tenterden, Kent) FODEN - Cheshire Macclesfield ( & Congleton) ----------------------------------------------------------------- IRWIN - Lanchester, Co. Durham (W. Derby, Lancs) DISTON - Fairly even spread to three areas (2/3 of name) Fifeshire, Gloucs. & Middx ---- Shipston -on - Stour GILLOTT - Rotherham & Sheffield, W. Riding SHIELD - Co. Durham (& Northumberland) Hexham ( Lanchester) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FURNIVAL - Staffs/Cheshire border- Nantwich, (Wolstanton & Newcastle -on - Lyme) RATHBONE - 4 counties West of England near exclusivity, Lancs, Cheshire, Staffs & Warwickshire -- Northwich, Macclesfield prominent

hello ken im trying to find out were the surname furnival came from as that was my ggggmothers name before she married amellor,also she named one of her sons jose rathbone mellor do you no were the rathbone came from,i do no she was born in 1793,cuddington,cheshire if thats of any help thank you,joyce

Hi, I have Irwin Diston Gillott Shield Thanks Jennifer.

Thanks for the offer Mine are - Melluish Fellows Westwood Pinson Briggs Button Foden Thanks Joanne

Hi Ken Please can you look at these names Weatherall Spenceley Readman Harrison Thankyou Elaine

Thank you Ken - very interesting. Debby

Ravenscroft - Cheshire, Nantwich and Whitchurch S. (Northwich) Tams - Staffs., Stone and Stoke on Trent Stanton - interesting definitely Midlands - largest concentration of the name is Dudley, Walsall and West Brom. but as a percentage of population Brackley, Northants would suggest a large migration to industry

Britton - very strong presence around Bristol, alternative York and Leeds Illingworth - as expected Yorkshire, West Riding Bradford and Dewsbury Taylor appears to emanate from West Riding & Lancs but is too widespread to really tell Walton - again North & West Ridings and Lancs, also Co. Durham

Hi Ken, Thanks for your reply; My jewell s were Somerset but only because they moved to work in Clarkes. Snook Bath and Somerset Heapey cluster around Yarpole originally way back from Richards Castle Shrops Peddle. Crump Proudman spot on OVertons were from Bucknall but relatives at Shifnal. I guess people didn`t really leave their roots until it came time to look for work in Wales etc. Thankyou very much

Spratling - interesting split 2 reasonably strong communities Kent notably Faversham and Somerset exclusively Wincanton

Hi Ken Thanks for that - no Bingham was the Westmorland family! How about: (if you've time):- Taylor Britton Illingworth Walton - nearly all Yorkshire? Debby

Hi Ken How about Spratling, esp 1920 to 1950. Thanks! kathleen

Jewell - Cornwall & Devon, Helston & Bideford Snook - Wiltshire, Tisbury Heapey - there is only a small numbrer to go on Belper, Leek & Manchester Peddle - Somerset, Langport Crump - Western counties, Hereford, Weobley & Bromsgrove ( West Bromwich) Proudman - again western counties, Staffs & Cheshire, Ashby, Market Bosworth & Wolstanton Overton - 2 midlands areas Spilsby, Lincs & Shifnal, Salops ( poss. shift to Wolverhampton) Acreman - Somerset, Bridgwater ----------------------------------------------------------- Baber - Gloucs/ Somerset borders, Barton Regis Bingham - North Midlands,Lincs., Notts., Derbys., West Riding, Lancs - Eccleshall, Gainsborough ( Sheffield) Holmes - West Riding, Bradford & Keighley Haxby - West Riding, Knaresborough I assume Holmes were the Westmoreland family ---------------------------------------------------------------- Giffen - Lanarkshire ( small community based around Royston, Herts. ) Stevens - Southern England, Penzance (Kensington) Kingham - Middx & Home counties north of London, Bucks., Aylesbury Catlin - Middx & Herts St. Albans, Enfield Ovington - Co. Durham, Durham & Auckland

Hi Ken my names are Giffen Stevens Kingham catlin ovington Thanks rose

Many thanks Ken for lookup on my Names very interesting, Cheers Ellen

Thanks for that info. Ken,very good of you. Now all i have to do is find them LoL Maureen

Hi Ken When you have a spare moment could you look up the following for me? Baber Bingham Holmes Haxby I suspect Somerset, Westmorland & Yorkshire. Thanks Debby