Obscure Welsh name

[osprey]

there's another example, birth registered Gertrude Cadnas Hall dec qtr 1906 Huddersfield

1911 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWJM-V9W

She married Edward Crosland in 1929 and death registered Gertrude Cadness Crosland 1994 Huddersfield.

 

[CaroleW]

there's another example, birth registered Gertrude Cadnas Hall dec qtr 1906 Huddersfield

Curiosity - I looked at the 1911 entry & both parents were b Yorkshire

[Gadget]

A  John Cadmus of Penllyn, Glmorgan is mention in  a will of 1671/1672, Margam, Glamorgan

Quite a few of this /^(Cadnass) as a surname (and slight variations ) throughout England and Wales using a non-restrictive search.

[mezentia]

The lady I am researching seems to have been known with the name Cadnas/Cadnass for the rest of her life following her marriage, with the exception of the 1921 census. As far as I can see it is neither a Welsh nor a Biblical name, and so its origins remain shrouded in mystery. I have not made any signigicant research into her husband's history so I can't say for certain whether it is a name used by his family and adopted by Ann. It doesn't merit an entry in the Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames, so I'm assuming that it doesn't have a north of England origin. It doesn't seem that any more light is going to be shed on this unusual name.