Clur Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 South Wales surnames are: Walters, Holmes, Knowles, Jenkins. All from the villages of Abertridwr, Senghenydd and the area around Caerphilly (Caerffili in Welsh) mainly in the parish of Eglwysilan.English surnames are: Pearce, Rutland, mainly from Berkshire, although the Rutland surname suggests that the family may have originated in that county. My maiden name is Jenkins and my family are originally from the Rhonda (around Ynyshir and the surrounding areas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy-Mama Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Thanks Jayne I will give it a go I have Jenkins' in my family too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 South Wales surnames are: Walters, Holmes, Knowles, Jenkins. All from the villages of Abertridwr, Senghenydd and the area around Caerphilly (Caerffili in Welsh) mainly in the parish of Eglwysilan.English surnames are: Pearce, Rutland, mainly from Berkshire, although the Rutland surname suggests that the family may have originated in that county. My maiden name is Jenkins and my family are originally from the Rhonda (around Ynyshir and the surrounding areas). My Dad came form Ynyshir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 My OH bought a genealogy magazine which had a free disc with My Heritage Family Tree Builder on it. We've not done any official research yet but if you put names and dates of birth and/or death into Family Tree Builder and someone else has the same person in their published tree, it makes an internet link . I've made contact with my birth mother's brother that way and got some more info about her family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) My brother is the main researcher - he's having a time-out because he's added to it and we've increased it by one. We have: Clements - Reading/Berks and North Hampshire Croucher - London and southern counties Druiett - London and possibly Dorset Eaton - Suffolk Parker - Suffolk - Ipswich Kirby - mainly London, Hampstead Brady - ? Stepney Fidler - Suffolk - Ipswich Burgess - Southwark Tillett - Essex Maverly - ? Gloucester origins? Hutchings - Chelsea Butcher - ? Evans - ? Why they had to roam I have no idea - my SIL's family all come from Wiltshire and Dorset - although her mum is half Welsh (now that's caused a few problems with tracing back - so many with the same name). The Irish side arrived before the potato famine but don't know how long before. We haven't reached the 1700's yet. Edited January 16, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Clark - London mainly Dimond - Kent Hope - Somerset Ellis - Cardiff White - Kent Shepherd - Kent Davis - London Weston - London O'Rourke - County Wicklow That'll do for now, unfortunately we don't have any unusual names (apart from Dimond I suppose) in our tree really so it takes a lot to trawl through everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 That's a good idea to link the counties Seagazer - will edit mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Does anyone have North Yorkshire ancestry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Not yet - but you never know with the old sea dogs in the family! Have found another: Bates - Richmond (but in Surrey) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Clark - London mainlyDimond - Kent Hope - Somerset Ellis - Cardiff White - Kent Shepherd - Kent Davis - London Weston - London O'Rourke - County Wicklow That'll do for now, unfortunately we don't have any unusual names (apart from Dimond I suppose) in our tree really so it takes a lot to trawl through everything Well I have a lot of 'Whites' Seagazer.. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Bellekatz - we could be sort of related. My hubby's dads side was from round Aberystwyth right up to Anglesey. I have the family tree he did with all the names on - will have to fish it out again. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 We've got the Edwards from Shoreditch and the Burtons from Hoo in North Kent. The family tree on my Mums side has been traced back to the 1600's...... I managed to locate a whole missing branch of the family and gained a load of relatives. I have also found at least one bigamous marriage ( my Great Grandad liked the laydeees- I have found him marrying 4 times- we only knew about 2 !). Everytime I think we've found every skeleton in the closet, another tumbles out! For anyone that may be interested theres a 'Who Do You Think You Are'live in London next month with loads of experts on hand............ Mum and I are going to see if we can solve a few mysteries that we have failed to solve ( like what did happen to Great Grandad's 2nd wife, and why can't I find him on two census's) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Our naughty Brady gave birth before she was married. So there is the question of was her husband the father of the baby? And here's our folks all prim and proper and their ancestors being terribly naughty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickweed Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Many of my ancestors came to Birmingham from various parts of the country during the Industrial Revolution. They settled and worked in and around the Jewelery Quarter. Some of the names are: Wheatley from Birmingham Widdas from York Cosier from Stow on the Wold Hubbard from Louth Dodson from Stratford upon Avon Lynam from Birmingham Fowkes from Birmingham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Clark - London mainlyDimond - Kent Hope - Somerset Ellis - Cardiff White - Kent Shepherd - Kent Davis - London Weston - London O'Rourke - County Wicklow That'll do for now, unfortunately we don't have any unusual names (apart from Dimond I suppose) in our tree really so it takes a lot to trawl through everything Well I have a lot of 'Whites' Seagazer.. :lol: Ooh - perhaps we're related! My Whites had hundreds of children, well not literally but very large family. My Gt Grandfather and his father were both called Friend White. I've got so many distant relations from this branch of the tree. I've never been able to find my Gt Grandfather's marriage certificate either, he died at 27, poor thing and his 'wife' ran off with the baby and left my nan with the in-laws and was never heard of again. How sad is that? Her name was Rose Baker from Kingston Surrey just in case anyone knows of her, daughter was Ivy White. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 What I find interesting (and a little bit ) is that being adopted, I don't seem to appear in any family trees made by other members of my "family". I'm obviously the guilty secret . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Poor ANH. You can come on mine. We have a few youngsters being looked after by maiden aunts etc. And whether they like it or not - you are here and adding to their tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 ChickenNutter - my family on my fathers side are Kays - all worked on the railways in Yorkshire - Leeds area. Before that, family name was Tucker. Mother's side is Lambert and they were farmers in the south east area of London. That one might be a link to mine. My maiden name is Lambert and I've managed to trace back to the very early 1800s and there were Lamberts on my line who were farmers living in Surrey. I haven't done anything with it for quite a while as I drew a blank but I know another member of the family has gone back quite a bit further than I did. When I'm feeling up to it, I'll have a look where he's got to and see if there is anything to link with yours Laura. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 We haven't done our family tree, would be really interesteng to do though Our names: Sharred - Birmingham Mullins - Galway, Ireland Wescott - Birmingham (?) Davis - ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 South Wales surnames are: Walters, Holmes, Knowles, Jenkins. All from the villages of Abertridwr, Senghenydd and the area around Caerphilly (Caerffili in Welsh) mainly in the parish of Eglwysilan.English surnames are: Pearce, Rutland, mainly from Berkshire, although the Rutland surname suggests that the family may have originated in that county. I have read through the whole of this thread and the above is the only post with a common name to mine. My Grandad was a Pearce living in south London. He was descended from Alfred John Pearce, an astrologist and published author and Charles T Pearce, a doctor with his own Wiki page! Other names in my tree are Sheppard S London Worsell Surrey and Kent Canning Warwickshire, Stratford area Rieder French Huguenots based in Soho and Marylebone Russell Croydon and London, previously Yorkshire Weaver London and Yorkshire On my husband's side Nye Sussex Bell Yorkshire Pettigrew Glasgow Tuvey London I am really stuck with the Arnall family which is based in the Birmingham/Coventry area. I think many of them became Arnolds but I know there are a few Arnalls left. I love Family History and it is indeed extremely addictive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Tis very Interesting On my side All Scotland as far as I know Hazlett Craigon Walker Mitchell Wright White Solomon On OH Matthews, Hollick. Herts Revell (Suffolk) Allen (Dublin) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 That one might be a link to mine. My maiden name is Lambert and I've managed to trace back to the very early 1800s and there were Lamberts on my line who were farmers living in Surrey. I haven't done anything with it for quite a while as I drew a blank but I know another member of the family has gone back quite a bit further than I did. When I'm feeling up to it, I'll have a look where he's got to and see if there is anything to link with yours Laura. That would be interesting -I'll have a word with my Mum and see if I can get a bit more info - there were lots of them in the family apparently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Many of my ancestors came to Birmingham from various parts of the country during the Industrial Revolution. They settled and worked in and around the Jewelery Quarter. Some of the names are: Wheatley from Birmingham Widdas from York Cosier from Stow on the Wold Hubbard from Louth Dodson from Stratford upon Avon Lynam from Birmingham Fowkes from Birmingham Ooh, I wonder if your Fowkes and my Fawkes are related, they were from Birmingham too and quite often spellings of surnames were accidentally altered due to people not being able to spell.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 The most unusual name in our family is Saltinstall anyone got one of those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 That one might be a link to mine. My maiden name is Lambert and I've managed to trace back to the very early 1800s and there were Lamberts on my line who were farmers living in Surrey. I haven't done anything with it for quite a while as I drew a blank but I know another member of the family has gone back quite a bit further than I did. When I'm feeling up to it, I'll have a look where he's got to and see if there is anything to link with yours Laura. That would be interesting - I'll have a word with my Mum and see if I can get a bit more info - there were lots of them in the family apparently! I've just had a very quick look at my notes from when I last worked on it and there were Lamberts on my line in Compton in Sussex (don't know if it's East or West) but that isn't from you anyway is it? That was in 1810. Towards the end of the 1800s they moved to East Meon in Hampshire where they were still farming. My Dad moved up here when he met and married my Mum and the farming stopped when my Grandad decided to set up a coach company called Little Wonder which operated out of Petersfield. One fact that I found absolutely fascinating is my friends' maiden name was Dodgson and she has managed to trace her line back to Charles Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...