Stanley, Co Durham, England: Featherstone One Name Study

Stanley, Co Durham, England

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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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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID	Tree
1	Dunn, Maud	Abt 1883	Stanley, Co Durham, England	I312	Featherstone Main
2	Fetherstonhaugh, Mary	25 Apr 1664	Stanley, Co Durham, England	I25274	Featherstone Main
3	Fetherstonhaugh, Peregrine	Bef 09 Jan 1668	Stanley, Co Durham, England	I37748	Featherstone Main
4	Fetherstonhaugh, William	04 Nov 1660	Stanley, Co Durham, England	I25275	Featherstone Main
5	Wilkinson, Violet May	1910	Stanley, Co Durham, England	I20317	Featherstone Main

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Stanley, Co Durham, England

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