Then there is this:
It was David that steered me away from the idea that the Dunaway name was Celtic in it’s origin. He said he initially tried to find this family name in various Irish indexes, both present and past. He said he came up with few names to support this theory of Irish origins. He then hired a qualified Linguist named Kenneth Barnett of Salem, Oregon. In his research, Mr. Barnett consulted another expert on names in London, England. They both came to the same conclusion that this Dunaway (Dunnaway, Duniway, Dunniway, Dunavey, etc.) family name was Saxon in it’s history in the British Isles. David was told that the name began as a Roman soldier’s name Dunnavoci (sp?). This Dunnavoci name means ‘The Watch on Top of the Castle’. This Dunnavoci Centurion from Ceasars Army stayed on in England to marry a Saxon woman. Then the name Dunnavoci became Dunnavey in Saxon. This name means ‘ The castle on the Road’. This all happened in Southern England about the100-300 AD.
So, I'm taking a shot in the dark that William may be rooted in the Southern England area.
