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Offline DeafDoggy488

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Unusual surnames.
« on: Wednesday 15 August 18 19:57 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I was looking up my family tree and I've discovered that I got a 11x Great Grandmother with a rather unusual surname. Her name was Nance Mow. She was supposedly to have been born in Roxburghshire in 1587 but I'm stuck due to her surname as it's not easy to trace, despite it being unusual! (I realise that records from the 1500s can be rather difficult to find).

So I was wondering if anyone has heard of this surname and/or know of any variations of the name?
Stewarts from Moffat and Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Twaddles and Wrights from County Longford, Ireland.
Weirs from Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Re: Unusual surnames.
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 16 August 18 00:59 BST (UK) »
Did she marry Moses Lawn in 1614?
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Re: Unusual surnames.
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 16 August 18 07:00 BST (UK) »
Hi, DeafDoggy.
This site may be a starting point for further research:
https://www.houseofnames.com/mow-family-crest
Cheers,
Peter
Convicts: COSIER (1791); LEADBEATER (1791); SINGLETON (& PARKINSON) (1792); STROUD (1793); BARNES (aka SYDNEY) (1800); DAVIS (1804); CLARK (1806); TYLER (1810); COWEN (1818); ADAMS[ON] (1821); SMITH (1827); WHYBURN (1827); HARBORNE (1828).
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Re: Unusual surnames.
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 16 August 18 08:16 BST (UK) »
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!

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Re: Unusual surnames.
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 16 August 18 14:02 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Scrumper on Thursday 16 August 18 00:59 BST (UK)
Did she marry Moses Lawn in 1614?

No but it would be hilarious if she did!
Stewarts from Moffat and Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Twaddles and Wrights from County Longford, Ireland.
Weirs from Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Re: Unusual surnames.
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 16 August 18 14:17 BST (UK) »
this may help or may not

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mow_(surname)
Mow (surname)
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Mow is a Chinese surname shared by several notable people.
Kilgallon Langdon Nicol Bolger Smith Carlisle Thomas Delahide Blackman Harley Amphlett Scarbourgh Murrish Oats Tonkin Aveyard Armitage Child Fox Bland Gomersal Mountain Gelder Harrison Armstrong Laws Steel Main Lambert Law Laws Christie Kirk Bell Black Amphlett Barclay Harley Dewar Rodger Fortune McCann Nealis Sutherland Rumgay

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Re: Unusual surnames.
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 16 August 18 14:21 BST (UK) »
Since the person in question was born in Scotland it's unlikely to be a Chinese name- especially since the surname is a Scottish one as explained in previous thread that I posted link to earlier.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!
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