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One Name Studies: T to Z / WISHER (GOONS #3832)
« on: Wednesday 01 June 05 18:39 BST (UK) »
My one name study is the surname WISHER, which is predominantly a Midlands name.
I have managed to trace the line back to the late 1600s to east Nottinghamshire. Various off-shoots migrated into the adjacent counties of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire, and into London.
Variant spellings I've discovered - WHISHER, WISSAW, WISSER, WISHSHAW, WISHEAR, WISHAW.
Denise
I have managed to trace the line back to the late 1600s to east Nottinghamshire. Various off-shoots migrated into the adjacent counties of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire, and into London.
Variant spellings I've discovered - WHISHER, WISSAW, WISSER, WISHSHAW, WISHEAR, WISHAW.
Denise