Ties That Bind

“J” for JUGALI ! How’s that for a weird surname?! Since I only have two J surnames and one of them is JONES from a woman who married a brother in our line, I chose the other surname for two … Continue reading →

I- IRELAND This is the one and ONLY “I” surname in my whole family tree. Helen IRELAND married John Normand in Strathmiglo, Fife on June 20, 1791. She was sometimes referred to as Helen NORMAND which threw me for … Continue reading →

H as in HENDER Mary Hender was born in Warbstow, Cornwall in 1805 to Joseph Hender, a cordwainer (shoemaker) and Philadelphia Lander. The HENDER surname is a regional surname found mostly in Cornwall and some parts of Devon. This is … Continue reading →

GON Yup, that’s a surname! My mother’s maiden name. In China, that’s like the surname Smith but we are Italian….go figure. I always got a kick out of receiving Chinese junk mail when I was growing up. I even did … Continue reading →

THE LETTER F FORRET, FORGAN, FABBRO, FAVOT, FURSE, FERGUSON FURSE-CORNWALL FORRET-FIFE, SCOTLAND FORGAN-FIFE, SCOTLAND FABBRO- FRIULI, ITALY FAVOT- FRIULI, ITALY FERGUSON, ANTRIM, N. IRELAND I’ve decided to do this post on my Italian ancestor MARIA FABBRO who was born … Continue reading →

This will be short and sweet. I only have 2 E surnames in my whole database of over 1000 people in our family tree! One I mentioned yesterday (Elizabeth Dunn (nee Elliott) and today I will mention Thomas ELLERSHAW. Mr. … Continue reading →

Letter D- DUNN The interesting DUNN FAMILY OF VERYAN, CORNWALL The DUNN family in our tree is fascinating. In a previous post I spoke at length about Martha Dunn who also went by Mary Chapman and Ethel McEwen. She lived … Continue reading →

Forgive the early entry but can’t do a post tomorrow! LETTER C SURNAME- CURGENVEN Curgenven is a very rare and strange surname. It’s probably true that ALL CURGENVEN’s are related. It appears to have been invented by the Rev. Thomas … Continue reading →

Genealogy A-Z Challenge- Surnames Letter B – BISSET John Bisset John BISSET was presumed to be born in the parish of Clunie (per marriage record). He married Margaret Cook on the 16th February 1781 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Sometime … Continue reading →