I have more than 18,444 names on my family tree now.
I have working on this for six years, now. Lately, I have been trying to make corrections and fill ins on many branches. I have not been able to extend branches of some of my grandparents. I just keep running into road blocks.
As I have said before, I have only been able to follow a long way back for my father's side through Grandpa Kershaw's mother, Emma Dugdale, and Grandma Kershaw's mother, Etta May Hubble.
My mother's side, the Malmgrens, I was only able to find out that they were all immigrants, but no further back. Based on my grandfather, Elof Malmgren's family. I found out a lot about them from information that was obtained by a great cousin who had been working on her family tree since the 1950's. Her name was Igne Evangeline Larson Chell. She was the daughter of my great aunt Selma Malmgren, my grandfather's youngest sister. She traveled to Sweden and Europe looking for relatives and she had Swedish relatives come to the US to meet many family members in the 1970's.
She wrote about her travels and research of our family in a book called "Hands Across the Water" " Two worlds " " Two centuries " (1985), (which can be found on amazon.com). A first cousin sent me a copy of this book, and it was fascinating. I learned a lot about my Swedish family roots and the names of a lot of relatives who had Swedish roots.
I eliminated one branch of my tree which had been bothering me for so long. After doing a little more research, I discovered that the person I had as a relative had actually died at three years old. So she could not have been married to the man I thought was a relative also. I eliminated both, and lost a long branch of English nobles.
Recently, while researching on ancestry.com,, I found a third cousin who knew my grandmother, Nellie Kershaw. She told me that she used to visit my grandmother.
July 16, 2017
The twentieth anniversary of Princess Diana's death is upon us. As I mentioned before, she had common ancestors to me. One was Sir Richard de Harcourt (1200-1258) (my 2nd cousin 23 x)
He was married to Arabella, Isabella de Quincy (1186-1258) (my 25rd Great Aunt) whose father was
Saer, Saher de, Saieur di Quinci, Crusader, 1st Earl of Winchester, Magna Carta baron, Constable of Fotheringhay Castle, Keeper Quincy IV (1170-1219) (my 25th GGF)
I have discussed the backgrounds of the Kershaw name, the Malmgren name, and the Hubble name.
I have found some information on my other grandparents names.
My maternal grandmother's maiden name was Florence English (1888-1941). Her grandfather, Philip English and grandmother Margaret Burke came from Ireland sometime before 1857 when her father, Michael English was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. I was not able to follow her family in Ireland, but not for trying.
English Name Meaning:
English: from Old English Englisc. The word had originally distinguished Angles, Engel from Saxons and other Germanic peoples in the British Isles, but by the time surnames were being acquired it no longer had this meaning. Its frequency as an English surname is somewhat surprising. It may have been commonly used in the early Middle Ages as a distinguishing epithet for an Anglo-Saxon in areas where the culture was not predominantly English--for example the Danelaw area, Scotland, and parts of Wales--or as a distinguishing name after 1066 for a non-Norman in the regions of most intensive Norman settlement. However, explicit evidence for these assumptions is lacking, and at the present day the surname is fairly evenly distributed throughout the country.
My paternal great-grandmother was named Emma Dugdale (1870-1907).
Dugdale Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place called Dugdale, probably the hamlet near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, now known as Dagdale, from the Old English personal name or byname Ducca + Old English dæl or Old Norse dalr ‘valley’. Also, dweller in the valley where ducks were raised.
My maternal great grandmother was Mary Boydell:
Boydell. This very unusual and interesting name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and has two possible sources. Firstly, it may be a topographical surname for someone who lived or worked at a particular large house, derived from the Old English pre 7th Century term 'bothl, botl', large dwelling-house, hall.
My paternal 2nd great grandmother was Mary Nutter in England:
Nutter is derived from nowt, the Middle English word for 'beast' or 'ox', which is in turn derived from Old Norse naut, and is a cognate of Old English neat, meaning'cattle'. The name of the occupation was "nothard" meaning "keeper of oxen" (just as "shepherd" means someone who keeps sheep). also,occupational name for a scribe or clerk, from Middle English notere (Old English notere, from Latin notarius, an agent derivative of nota ‘mark’, ‘sign’).
My paternal 5th great-grandmother was Lucy Noble from Connecticut and whose family were immigrants from England during "the Great Migration."
Noble Name Meaning:
1. English, Scottish, and Irish (of Norman origin); also French: nickname from Middle English, Old French noble ‘high-born’, ‘distinguished’, ‘illustrious’ (Latin nobilis), denoting someone of lofty birth or character, or perhaps also ironically someone of low station. The surname has been established in Ireland since the 13th century, but was re-introduced in the 17th century and is now found mainly in Ulster.
2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of Knöbel, a surname derived from an archaic German word for a servant. This was the name of a famous rabbinical family which moved from Wiener Neustadt to Sanok in Galicia in the 17th century; several members subsequently emigrated to the U.S.
3. Jewish: Americanized form of Nobel.
4. German: probably a Huguenot name. Possibly an altered form of German Knobel or Nobel.
5. This ancient medieval surname, recorded in the spellings of Noble, the much rarer patronymics of Nobles and Nobleson, and the unusual dialectals Knoble and Knobell is of Old French pre 8th century origin. The word "noble" was probably introduced into Britain by the Norman Invaders of 1066. It translates as meaning "high born", and whilst generally regarded in the 20th century as being a theatrical nickname for somebody who played the part of a noble in the popular travelling theatres of the day, originally did have "noble" connatations.
My fraternal 4th Great-grandmother was Hannah Turner who was married to Jedediah Hubbell.
Turner Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a maker of objects of wood, metal, or bone by turning on a lathe, from Anglo-Norman French torner (Old French tornier, Latin tornarius, a derivative of tornus ‘lathe’). The surname may also derive from any of various other senses of Middle English turn, for example a turnspit, a translator or interpreter, or a tumbler. English: nickname for a fast runner, from Middle English turnen ‘to turn’ + ‘hare’. English: occupational name for an official in charge of a tournament, Old French tornei (in origin akin to 1). Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place called Turno or Turna, in Poland and Belarus, or from the city of Tarnów (Yiddish Turne) in Poland. Translated or Americanized form of any of various other like-meaning or like-sounding Jewish surnames. South German (T(h)ürner): occupational name for a guard in a tower or a topographic name from Middle High German turn ‘tower’, or a habitational name for someone from any of various places named Thurn, for example in Austria.
My 3rd Great-grandmother who was married to Dr. Noble Bates Hubbell was Harriet Dunlap.
This is a famous Scottish surname, which derives from a place near Cunningham, in Ayrshire. The original meaning was the fort (dun) at a muddy place (Lapach) from the olde pre 10th century gaelic, however it could not have been so unpleasant a spot as the original family have remained in the district since the 13th century. The name was pronounced locally as Dulap or Delap, and occasionally spelt that way as well, an example being Neel Fitz Robert de Dullope in 1296, in fact this record is a confusion of spellings in many ways. It translates as Neil, the son of (Fitz) Robert of Dunlop, who in that year rendered homage to the Scottish revolutionary government. Later in the same year he is recorded as Nel de Dunlopp, when he appeared as a witness on an inquest into the ownership of lands in Berwick. He was probably the original holder of the ancient coat of arms granted to Dunlop c1300 a.d. this being a red two headed eagle displayed, on a (silver) white field. The name is today very popular in the America and Canada, although the spelling form has almost reverted to the original dialectal of the middle ages being found usually as Dalape, Dunlap or Dunlape. Early examples of the recordings include Constantine Dunlop of that Ilk in the Buccleuch Manuscripts of 1496, and William Dunlop the Elder, who it is recorded having emigrated to California in 1680, before returning to Scotland to become Principal of Glasgow University in 1690. He died in 1700 at the age of only fifty one. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Dom Gullelmus de Dunlop, which was dated 1260, a charter witness at the town of Irvine, Scotland, during the reign of King Alexander 111 of Scotland 1249 - 1286. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Dunlap#ixzz4qhOxUCPK
My paternal 5th great-grandmother was Sarah Niles who was married to Abraham Turner.
This interesting name is originally of Irish origin, derived from the Gaelic personal name "Niall", meaning "Champion". It was adopted by the Scandinavians in the form of "Njall" and was thereafter introduced into England directly from Ireland by the Norse settlers and indirectly by the Normans who had also adopted the name from the Scandinavian settlers in France, in the form of "Ni(h)el". As a personal name and surname it is found in various forms in England, Scotland and Ireland. The English surnames "Niles" and "Neels" are patronymic forms, meaning "son of Neil". One David Niles was married to Elizabeth Silk on the 29th June 1784 at St. Dunstan's, Stepney. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert Neel, which was dated 1208, The Berkshire Curia Rolls, during the reign of King John "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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My paternal 5th great-grandmother was Sarah Ann Ferris who was married to Captain Stephen Noble.
- Ferris Name Meaning
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Ferris is an English and Irish name, anglicized from the Old Gaelic O'Fearghusa, Ó Fearghuis or Ó Fearghasa ‘descendant of Fearghus’, or from the Scottish-Gaelic form of this personal name, Fearghus, meaning son of the vigorous or forceful man. Fergus itself was a common name, though not among monarchs, and was found in great numbers in Ulster, in northeast Ireland, along with this surname. Ferris family history enters the books with the record of a man named only Ferris, noted in the Census of County Kerry in 1586. Ferris genealogy includes quite a few renowned people, such as Ferris wheel inventor George Ferris, historical painter Jean Ferris, and award-winning science writer and professor Timothy Ferris.
My paternal 7th great-grandmother was Sarah Reed, Read who was married to Zacariah Ferris.
"Reed" is commonly believed to be a nickname-derived surname referring to a person's complexion or hair being ruddy or red.
At least one example of the Reed surname, that originating in the County of Northumberland in northern England, is derived from a location, the valley of Redesdale and the River Rede that runs through it.
My paternal 7th great-grandmother was Rachel Gardner who was married to Thomas Noble III.
Gardner Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms.
One history of the name Gardner dates back to the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from a member of the family who worked as a gardener. The surname Gardner originally derived from the Old French word gardinier. English-.Gardener, German- Gärtner.
Other sources claim that it is derived from the Saxon words gar, meaning "a weapon", and dyn' meaning "sound or alarm", combined with the termination "er" gives the name "Gair-den-er", which means "a warrior", "one who bears arms". Early variants included Gardyner, Gardener, Gardenar, Gardinier, Gardiner, and Gardner; the last two are the most common today.
There is a tradition[held by some of the descendants of William Gardiner (son of Benoni), son of George of Newport, that William won his Crest at Acre in 1191, by chopping through the shoulder of a Saracen who was about to kill Richard Coeur de Lion or Richard the Lionheart, hence the Saracen's head on the Coat of Arms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_(surname)
Rachel Gardner's family tree goes back to English, French, Welch, German and Saxon Kings and nobles and the Dukes of Normandy, as well. i.e. Charlemagne,, William the Conqueror,
My paternal 7th great-grandmother was Abigail Morgan who was married to Captain Stephen Noble.
Morgan Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms. The Morgan name is Celtic in origin, arising from the ancient Britons of Wales. It comes from the Old Welsh personal name Morcant, composed of the Welsh elements "mor," meaning "sea," and cant meaning "circle."
Abigail Morgan's great-grandfather was Miles Morgan (1616 – 28 May 1699) was a Welsh colonist of America, a pioneer settler of what was to become Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield's hero of King Philip's War in 1675, a statue of Miles Morgan still stands in the city's Court Square in Metro Center.Of Welsh ancestry, he was born in Llandaff, Glamorganshire, Wales..
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Miles Morgan was married to my paternal 9th great-grandmother, Prudence Gilbert (1617-`14 Nov 1660) who was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, England.
Gilbert Name Meaning
- English (of Norman origin), French, and North German: from Giselbert, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements gisil ‘pledge’, ‘hostage’, ‘noble youth’ (see Giesel) + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This personal name enjoyed considerable popularity in England during the Middle Ages, partly as a result of the fame of St. Gilbert of Sempringham (1085–1189), the founder of the only native English monastic order. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
My paternal 8th great-grandmother was Mary Goodman who was married to Captain Stephen Noble's father, John Noble Sr. (1662-1714) Her father was Richard Goodman, (1609-1676) born in
Deacon of Rev. Thomas Hooker Company in Mass. Richard immigrated in 1633 and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, then moved to Hartford, then Hadley. He served in the Pequot War in 1637. In 1650, he was a Sergeant at Hartford and a constable there in 1656. He was killed by Indians in King Philip's War.
- Goodman Name Meaning
- English: status name from Middle English gode ‘good’ + man ‘man’, in part from use as a term for the master of a household. In Scotland the term denoted a landowner who held his land not directly from the crown but from a feudal vassal of the king. English: from the Middle English personal name Godeman, Old English Godmann, composed of the elements god ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + mann ‘man’. English: from the Old English personal name Guðmund, composed of the elements guð ‘battle’ + mund ‘protection’ , or the Old Norse cognate Guðmundr. Americanized form of Jewish Gutman or German Gutmann.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
