Ann Smith b. Abt 1809: Featherstone One Name Study

Ann Smith

Abt 1809 -

Name	Ann Smith [1]
Born	Abt 1809 [1]
Gender	Female
Name	Featherston [1]
Reference Number	51487
Person ID	I51487	Featherstone Main
Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

Family	Joseph Featherston, b. Abt 1808
Married	08 Jan 1829	St Thomas, Heathery Cleugh, Co Durham, England [1]
Last Modified	18 Nov 2022
Family ID	F16435	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources

[S267] online records, Marriages, Weardale District - Record Number: 167691.1
Location: Heathery Cleugh
Church: St. Thomas
Denomination: Anglican
8 Jan 1829 Joseph Featherston (of this chapelry) married Ann Smith (of this chapelry), by banns
Witnesses: Featherston Martindale; Phoebe Smith.

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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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