Greenhead, Stanhope, Co Durham, England: Featherstone One Name Study

Featherstone One Name Study

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Greenhead, Stanhope, Co Durham, England



 


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   Last Name, Given Name(s)    Birth    Person ID   Tree 
1 Fetherstone, Elizabeth  Bef 09 Aug 1618Greenhead, Stanhope, Co Durham, England I52082 Featherstone Main 
2 Featherston, Thomas  Bef 14 Nov 1747Greenhead, Stanhope, Co Durham, England I54392 Featherstone Main 

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Our Names

The spelling of the name Featherstone has varied over the centuries, with additions and subtractions. Here is the list that we have registered with the Guild Of One Named Studies.

Featherstone, Featherston, Fetherstone, Fetherston, Featherstonhalgh, Featherstonehaugh, Featherstonhaugh, Fetherstonehaugh, Fetherstonhaugh.

We have examples from the Birth, Marriage and Death indexes where people were registered at birth with the final 'e' missing and were married with the final 'e' in the surname. The 'haugh' is more difficult to prove, but people have suddenly adopted it for no apparent reason, although we have instances where people adopted the name, usually when money was involved.

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Some common falacies

Featherstonehaugh or it's many variations is not pronounced Fanshaw which is a name in it's own right