Cliff Ton 10,503 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 A free feature on Ancestry.co.uk Find out the meaning of your surname, where you came from and what you used to do. http://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts?o_xid=67947&o_lid=67947&o_sch=External+Paid+Media 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,524 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Interesting CliffTon. Will delve into that when I have a few hours to spare. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 mine is Irish Hardy Hero I thought you made barrels! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,903 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 My married surname is Italian and it means basket maker. Here in Italy women keep their maiden names. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 I have found two ancestors in workhouses straight way, one in Beech Ave workhouse Bulwell. Will spend some time later and see what else turns up. I have seen this before whilst building my family tree and it always brings me down a bit to read about them. I suspect that a lot of my ancestors struggled a bit in their life times. When in work, It looks as if we had Brick builders and Labourers, plus Railway workers and Framework and lace workers running through the 1800s Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Aaah! Thought it was Cooper 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Most of my bunch originated in the Cromford area in (dare I say it). Derbyshire. Site looks interesting I'll spend a bit more time there as the days allow. Wife has a subs to ancestry, she is really into the genealogy. She made a pretty nice book for me that goes back a long way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 My maiden name was Housley - a true anglo saxon name meaning House in the Meadow - it originated from Yorkshire and Derbyshire, then my family gradually moved in to Notts at the beginning of the 1900's, they were farming people and servants...............I also have Scottish, Irish and Danish ancestors......... a right mongrol !!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 My surname Smith(dead common ;0) Mother's maiden name Clifton Maternal grandmother's Radford Paternal grandmothers Bishop Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 My surname - Harvey which is Norman meaning 'battle worthy' My surname should be - Cumberpatch meaning valley with a stream. Traced back to a village in Cheshire - Comberbach Mothers maiden name - Cropley meaning - habitational name from Cropley Grove in Suffolk, according to Ancestry. Fathers mothers maiden name - Cooper, a maker of barrels- without looking it up (Fynger) Mothers, Mothers maiden name - Smedley, a habitational name mainly from Nottinghamshire originating from a place now lost, according to Ancestry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Traced our family back to Hugherdine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,738 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Berresford. A local spelling of Beresford, which is a Derbyshire name originating from Beresford Dale, close to the Derbys./Staffs. border. Beresford Dale sits on the upper reaches of the River Dove, north of Dovedale and Wolfscotedale. I went there a year or so back and stood on the little wooden bridge near to the 'Beaver's Ford', or 'Bavver's Ford' over the Dove, which is supposed to have been the origin of the name 'Beresford'. Everything around is called Beresford Farm, or Beresford Lane, or Beresford House, etc. Churchyards in nearby Fenny Bently, Alstonefield and Hartington, are full of Beresfords, or peopple described as 'of Beresford'. I confidently expect to inherit Derbyshire quite soon. Col https://www.flickr.com/gp/136033576@N07/5U03fC 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 I'll DJ at your inheritance party!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,503 Posted October 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 My surname Smith(dead common ;0) Mother's maiden name Clifton Maternal grandmother's Radford Paternal grandmothers Bishop We must be nearly related. I grew up on Clifton. My maternal grandmother lived in Radford. I'm dead common. Only the Bishop bit doesn't fit. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 DJ360, I worked with a Father and Son by the name of Beresford in Australia, they were from Nottingham, I wonder if you're related to them?? Mal Beresford and his Father, Clarrie Beresford, sadly passed on a few years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 My poor wife, although born and bred in Nottingham, was born with the surname Czeravinska. Her Ukrainian born dad changed the family surname by deed poll to something more English. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susyshoes 69 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 My birth name is Drage My first married name was stringer My current married name is Allsobrook I wish I could have had just one normal name Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 I used to know a Stringer from the Sneinton area many years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,738 Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Ayeupmeducks. Re #17 Thanks for that. I'm not aware of them and the spelling's different, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if there's a link somewhere in the dim and distant. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 My name is Paul Simonite - I guess that makes me a follower of Paul Simon! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 My surname can be traced very accurately. The site is still there, not quite an ancestral home, but a little less than that. Some may claim to be from honourable trades, some from exciting cities, some with religious attachments. Some may lay claim to riches and treasure. My surname can be accurately traced to the back end of what is now a council estate in Blackburn. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 My family name mean's dweller among the Birches, but really it should have been Weet, an unusual spelling, kind of sounds Dutch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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