As with many family trees, I have many different surnames within my ancestors. The direct surnames and locations of interest for me are:
| Paternal Side | Maternal Side |
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Allport – Dudley, Worcestershire; Portobello/Willenhall/Short Heath, Staffordshire Appleby – Willenhall/Short Heath, Staffordshire Fletcher – Bilston, Staffordshire Foster – Short Heath/Willenhall/Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Holtom – Buckinghamshire Johnson – Lane Head, Staffordshire Rands – Simpson, Buckinghamshire; Ontario, Canada Richardson – Ampthill/Silsoe, Bedfordshire; New Invention/Short Heath, Staffordshire; Pepin, Wisconsin Ross/Rofs – Bloxwich/Wednesbury, Staffordshire Stokes – Birmingham, Warwickshire; Bloxwich/New Invention/Walsall, Staffordshire Taylor – Wollaton, Nottinghamshire; Lane Head, Staffordshire Walker – Sand Beds/Short Heath/Stafford/Willenhall/Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Washbrook – Lane Head/Short Heath/Willenhall/Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Whitehouse – Willenhall, Staffordshire
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Begg – England
Brand – Perthshire/Stirlingshire Scotland; Fremantle/ Greenough/Dongara/Geraldton/Western Australia Bridges – Essex, England; Essendon, Victoria; Burwood, New South Wales; Perth,/Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Chambers – Norfolk/Middlesex, England Criddle/Crittal – Kent, England; Greenough/Toodyay, Western Australia Duncan – Perthshire/Stirlingshire, Scotland Ford – England; Macquarie, New South Wales Goff/Gough – Essex, England Hunt – Middlesex, England Jardine – Dumfriesshire, Scotland Johnson – Kent, England Matheson – Dornoch, Scotland; Richmond/Bathurst, New South Wales; Perth, Western Australia Newman – Coventry/Middlesex, England; Carlton/Richmond, Victoria; Perth/Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Osbaldstone – Surrey, England Richardson – England Stockwell – England; Prahan/Carlton, Victoria; Thomas – Bristol, England Walker – Essex, England |
As you can see from the above list, I have a variety of names in my tree. Some names even crop up in both my mother’s and my father’s side but at this stage, there is no relationship between them. Clearly, dad’s family weren’t very adventurous. Some of mums went here, there, everywhere – especially when they arrived in Australia!