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Review my family history & research at http://CreativeGraces.net - Free data exchange & ongoing collaborative research. Over 190 surnames/interests listed on RootsChat.
My Waywell, Whewell, Wheywell, come from Derby, St Peter's parish. I have quite a large collection of Whewell info spelt in all variations, My gggg/f was born 1792 at Meesham in Derby.
Thanks for contact. If you have any connections to those on my website, pls email me as I am travelling nxt fw weeks.
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Review my family history & research at http://CreativeGraces.net - Free data exchange & ongoing collaborative research. Over 190 surnames/interests listed on RootsChat.
Review my family history & research at http://CreativeGraces.net - Free data exchange & ongoing collaborative research. Over 190 surnames/interests listed on RootsChat.
I happened to see your message immediately after reading about the name in George Redmond's 'Surnames and Genealogy' (Fedn of Family History Socs. 2002 ISBN: 1 86006 159 1. ) You might need to bear in mind that when pronounced with a Yorkshire accent - which varies from place to place - WHEWELL sounds like and can be spelt WHEWILL, WHEWIN, WHEWWALL, QUEUWALL, HEWALL, YOUELL etc. I used to live in Birstall and there are still WHEWELLs and YOUALs around.
Many thanks. I will note the potential for variations. Regards.
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Review my family history & research at http://CreativeGraces.net - Free data exchange & ongoing collaborative research. Over 190 surnames/interests listed on RootsChat.