My Family History Facts

Monday, 17 June 2019

Surnames: B

Surnames beginning with B

Baby
Bacard
Bachelar
Baddeley
Badlesmere
Baggerley
Bagley
Bagnall
Bagnold
Bagshaw
Bailey
Baillie
Baines
Baker
Baldry
Baldwin
Ball
Ballentyre
Bamford
Bancroft
Bannestre
Bannister
Baratier
Baraton
Barfoote
Barford
Baril
Bark
Barker
Barley
Barlow
Barnes
Barnett
Barnish
Barr
Barratt
Barrel
Barrett
Barron
Barrow
Barrows
Bartlem
Bartlett
Basford
Bashford
Bates
Batkin
Batt
Batters
Battersby
Battle
Batty
Baxter
Bayford
Bayley
Bayly
Beach
Beanland
Beard
Beardmore
Beardsley
Beasley
Beattie
Beauchamp
Beaudoin
Beaufort
Beaumont
Bebbington
Beck
Becket
Beckitt
Bedford
Bedson
Beech
Beercock
Beevers
Beguin
Belben
Beldom
Belfield
Belk
Bell
Bellone
Bellows
Benbow
Benholm
Bennett
Benson
Bentley
Benzie
Berenger
Bernard
Berridge
Berrisford
Berry
Berube
Berwick
Besch
Beswick
Bevercotes
Bewhay
Bicker
Bickerstaff
Biddles
Biddulph
Biggs
Bilbowe
Billam
Billaud
Billett
Billings
Bingham
Bint
Bipert
Birch
Birchall
Bird
Birkin
Birnie
Bishop
Bissaker
Black
Blackburn
Blacketh
Blackith
Blackshaw
Blackwell
Blackwood
Blaik
Blair
Blairs
Blake
Blakeland
Blakenship
Blakey
Blanc
Blanchard
Blanchet
Bland
Blaney
Blankenship
Blankley
Blatherwick
Blauvin
Bletchley
Blick
Blight
Bliss
Blood
Bloom
Bloor
Blow
Blunt
Blythe
Boddy
Boden
Body
Boffey
Bois
Boissinot
Boite
Bolingbroke
Bolland
Bolone
Bolt
Bond
Bonnin
Bonstin
Boone
Booster
Boote
Booth
Bordman
Borgana de Castilla
Born
Borrington
Bostock
Bostwick
Bosville
Boswell
Bott
Bouchard
Boudalise
Bouffard
Boughey
Bould
Boult
Boulton
Bouquet
Bouquin
Bouchier
Bourgougnon
Bourke
Bourne
Bousie
Bowden
Bower
Bowers
Bowley
Bowsie
Bowyer
Boyd
Boyland
Boyle
Bracegirdle
Bracher
Bradbury
Braddock
Bradford
Bradley
Bradman
Bradshaw
Brady
Bramfit
Brammer
Bramwell
Brandon
Brandrick
Brandwood
Branson
Branston
Braster
Bratherton
Braund
Bray
Bread
Brecht
Breck
Breeze
Brennan
Brereton
Brewer
Bridge
Bridges
Bridgman
Bridgwood
Brierley
Briet
Briggs
Bright
Brindley
Brinkworth
Brinsley
Briquerat
Bristow
Brittingham
Broadhead
Broadway
Brocklehurst
Bromley
Brook
Brooke
Brookes
Brookman
Brooks
Broom
Brotherton
Brouai
Brouarde
Brough
Brown
Browne
Brownlie
Bruce
Bruckin
Brundred
Brunt
Byran
Bryant
Bryson
Buck
Buckles
Buckley
Budden
Budgen
Buesnel
Buist
Bullen
Bullers
Bullock
Bunker
Bunney
Bunting
Burbridge
Burch
Burdett
Burge
Burgess
Burgoyne
Burille
Burk
Burkett
Burlington
Burnett
Burns
Burow
Burrows
Burslem
Burton
Busby
Busfield
Bushey
Busk
Bussey
Butcher
Butler
Butters
Butterworth
Buttner
Button
Buxton
Buzzard
Byatt
Byrkehead

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Surnames: A

Surnames beginning with A

Abberley
Abbey
Abnett
Ackland
Adams
Addenbrooke
Addison
Adgett
Adlington
Affleck
Ahearn
Aimon
Aitken
Alcock
Aldred
Aldridge
Alexander
Allan
Allanson
Allcock
Allen
Alsop
Alston
Alt
Ames
Anderson
Andrews
Angus
Ankers
Anning
Anson
Anstead
Anstie
Appleford
Applegate
Appleyard
Archambault
Archard
Archer
Arden
Ardron
Armison
Armistead
Armitage
Armitstead
Armstrong
Armytage
Arnold
Arsenault
Arthington
Arthur
Ash
Ashby
Ashford
Ashman
Ashton
Ashworth
Aspindall
Astbury
Asthbury
Atack
Atcherley
Atkinson
Attridge
Auber
Aubert
Aubree
Audley
Aujean
Ault
Aumercier
Aupetit
Aupic
Austie
Austin
Austing
Austrup
Avery
Ayard
Ayers
Ayres

Introduction

I have done a further breakdown of the areas in the United Kingdom where my ancestors came from and settled. I wanted a point of reference for original counties and found an informative website, links below, which explained how things have changed over time. Incidentally I have not yet found any connection in Ireland.

Where a county is listed in blue, then my ancestors were there at some point.

England

I have used the list on https://www.geni.com/projects/Counties-of-England-United-Kingdom/9199, which covers the Historic or Real Counties of England and which does not necessarily match the Ceremonial Counties.

Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Bristol
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
County Durham
Cumberland
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Essex
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Middlesex
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire (Salop)
Somerset
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwickshire
Westmorland
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire

Islands

Jersey
Guernsey
Isle of Wight

Scotland

This page refers to Historic Counties of Scotland, https://www.geni.com/projects/Counties-of-Scotland-United-Kingdom/14402. I have kept the notes in brackets, as I am less familiar with the geography of Scotland and I have found a mixture of both old and new in my tree.

Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyllshire
Ayrshire
Banffshire (now split between Moray council and Aberdeenshire council).
Berwickshire (now part of Borders)
Buteshire
Caithness (Highland)
Clackmannanshire
Dumfriesshire (now Dumfries and Galloway)
Dunbartonshire
East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
Edinburghshire (now Midlothian)
Fife/Fifeshire
Inverness-shire
Kincardineshire
Kinross-shire (now Perth and Kinross)
Kirkcudbrightshire (now Dumfries and Galloway)
Lanarkshire
Linlithgowshire (now West Lothian)
Midlothian (Edinburghshire above)
Moray, Morayshire or Elginshire-
Nairn or Nairnshire (now Highland)
Orkney
Peebles-shire (now part of Borders)
Perthshire (now Perth and Kinross also part of Stirling)
Renfrewshire
Ross and Cromarty
Roxburghshire (now part of Borders)
Selkirkshire (now part of Borders)
Shetland
Stirlingshire (now Stirling which includes part of Perthshire)
Sutherland (now Dumfries and Galloway)
West Lothian (now Linlithgowshire)
Wigtownshire (now Dumfries and Galloway)

Wales

And finally the Historic Counties of Wales, https://www.geni.com/projects/Counties-of-Wales-United-Kingdom/14323, listed in English only.

Anglesey
Brecknockshire/Brecon
Cardiganshire (My note: Ceredigion)
Caernarfonshire
Carmarthenshire
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Glamorganshire
Merionethshire
Monmouthshire
Montgomeryshire
Pembrokeshire
Radnorshire

Origins, opportunities and migrations

My ancestors were not unusual in coming to and leaving the UK for opportunities, whether on a temporary or permanent basis.

Argentina
Australia
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
Egypt
France
India
Italy
Jamaica
Spain
South Africa
United States