Here is a list of Surnames with their associated places that I am researching in my family tree and my husband’s family tree.
If you recognise any names and think we may be related, please contact me using the spiffy contact form at the bottom of the page. We can have a chat and see if we can sort it out.
Research for some names are further along than others. Some names are only one or two generations deep – especially on female lines which are notoriously difficult to trace.
Therefore, the list is a work in progress so please visit again if you don’t find a name today.
MY SURNAMES
BARNS/BARNES
– Bury, Lancashire, England
BEHRENS
– Epenwöhrden, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
BERGHOFER
– Münchhausen, Hessen, Germany
BURNETT
– Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
CRABTREE
– Heap/Bury, Lancashire, England
DAVIES
Stuck on my 2 x great-grandfather, Thomas (John) DAVIES. He moved his family around stacks of times in 1 generation:
– Henllan, Cardiganshire, Wales (Thomas born abt 1817)
– Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales (Married Anne FISHER in 1841)
– Aberystwyth, Monmouthshire, Wales (1st child born here)
– Llanelly, Brecknockshire, Wales (2nd and 3ird children)
– Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales (rest of the kids born and Thomas died here in 1886)
– Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (great-grandmother and her brother emigrated to Australia)
DIGGLE
– Birtle/Bury, Lancashire, England
DITCHFIELD/DYCHFIELD
see also PARR
– Tarleton, Lancashire, England
– Rufford, Lancashire, England
FISHER
– Carmarthen Town, Carmarthenshire, Wales
GREGORY
– Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
GREENHALGH
– Bury, Lancashire, England
HALSALL
– Halsall, Lancashire, England
HAY
– Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
– Holton le Clay, Lincolnshire, England
KIRBY
– Halsall, Lancashire, England
MENGEL
– Münchhausen, Hessen, Germany
– Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
MOSS (Paternal Grandmother’s line)
– Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
MOSS (Maternal Grandfather’s line)
– York, Yorkshire, England
PARR
See also DITCHFIELD/DYCHFIELD
A bit complicated: Ancestor Thomas was baptised as DITCHFIELD – son of Ellen Ditchfield – in 1828. Ellen married John PARR in 1832 and her son, Thomas Ditchfield took on name of Parr. But not sure who is his father. Could be John Parr. I have followed John Parr’s line a bit further back.
– Rufford, Lancashire, England
– Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
PROCTER/PROCTOR
– Bury, Lancashire, England
– Yorkholme or Lathersdale, Yorkshire, England
PYE
– Halsall, Lancashire, England
RHODES
– Rochdale, Lancashire, England
– Bury, Lancashire, England
RIGGLE/RIGGALL/RIGGAL
– Conisholm, Lincolnshire, England
SCHOLEFIELD
– Rothwell, Yorkshire, England
– Leeds, Yorkshire, England
– Longreach/Ilfracombe, Queensland, Australia
– Cousin branch in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
– Brothers in same generation also emigrated from England to South Africa and USA.
SMITH
– Heywood/Bury, Lancashire, England
SPIES
– Epenwöhrden, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
– Meringandan, Queensland, Australia
– Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
STANDRING
– Bury, Lancashire, England
WECKER
– Friedrichsruhe, Wurtemburg, Germany
– Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
HUSBAND’S SURNAMES
(MATERNAL LINE)
I don’t know what it is about my husband’s family, but they all seem to live very complicated lives with chronic itchy feet – and this is just his maternal line.
BEATTIE/BEETTEY/BEETEY/BEETTY/BEETY/BEATY/BEATIE/etc
See also CLOUGH
(The family changed their surname back and forth)
– Manchester, England
– Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
BRAND
– Topsham, Devon, England
– Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada
– Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
– Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
CAVE
– Clerkenwall, Middlesex, London
CLOUGH
See also BEATTIE
(The family changed their surname back and forth)
– Manchester, England
– Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
CROFT
– Marylebone, Middlesex/London, England
– Bath, Somerset, England
– Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
EALING
– Thame, Oxfordshire, England
– Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ELLIOTT
– Carrigans, Donegal, Ireland
– Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ELLIS (With LOCKHART and THOMAS)
(This one is complicated – you need to read my series of posts starting here)
– St Pancras, Middlesex, London
LYLE
– Topsham, Devon, England
MITCHELL
(Another family who moved around a lot)
– Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
– Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
– Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
– Manchester, England
– Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
– Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
– Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Note: mother of direct ancestor remarried to WHITWORTH and emigrated with a married daughter to USA – so see: WHITWORTH
NADEN
– Manchester, England
ROCK
– Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
– Soho, Middlesex, England
RUTTER
– Bedlington, Northumberland, England
THIEL
– Langenbielau, Schlesien, Prussia/Germany (now known as Bielawa, Silesia, Poland)
– Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
– Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
– Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
– Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
TOWARD
– Tanfield, Durham, England
– Lamsley, Durham, England
– Manchester, England
– Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
– Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
WHITWORTH
(see MITCHELL – mother of direct ancestor remarried WHITWORTH and emigrated to USA with a married daughter)
– New York, United States of America
– Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States of America
Family Fractals 