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Cornwall: history, surnames and society, from Bernard Deacon

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    • Why do surnames matter? An introduction
    • Where surnames come from – a brief history
    • Classifying surnames
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    • What makes a surname ‘Cornish’?
    • Surname maps – 1861
    • 18th century surnames by parish
    • How to trace the origin of your family name: an example
    • Hosking: a bit of a Cornish mystery
    • Surnames in Madron: By Nicholls. Mitchell and Roberts you shall know the Cornish
  • The Surnames of Cornwall
    • Surname maps – 1861
      • Allen to Buzza
      • Caddy to Currah
      • Dabb to Guy
      • Hain to Knuckey
      • Ladner to Oxnam
      • Paddy to Runnalls
      • Sambells to Sweet
      • Tabb to Tyzzer
      • Udy to Yeo
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Dabb to Guy

Scroll down to your name and click on it to see a distribution map of heads of household in 1861.
You can find more details on your surname in The Surnames of Cornwall.

Dabb

Daddow

Dally

Daniel

Dash

Date

Datson

Davey/Davies

Daw/e

Diamond/Dymond

Deacon

Deeble

Delbridge

Dennis

Dingle

Dinner

Doble

Doidge

Doney

Donnithorne

Dower

Downing

Dowrick

Draydon

Drew

Dumble

Dungey

Dunn

Dunstan

Dustow

Dyer

Eade

Eathorne

Eddy

Edgcumbe

Edwards

Edyvean

Ellery

Ellis

Endean

Ennor

Eplett

Eslick

Eustice

Eva

Exelby

Faull

Fiddick

Firstbrook

Floyd

Ford

Francis

Freethy

Friggins

Fugler

Furse/Furze

Gard

Garland

Gartrell

Gatley

Gaved

Gay

Geach

Geake

Gendall

George

Gerrans

Gerry

Giddy

Gilbert/Gilbard

Giles

Gill

Gist

Glanville

Glasson

Gliddon

Gluyas

Goad

Goard

Goldsworthy

Golly

Goodman

Goyne

Greet

Gregor

Gregory

Grenfell

Gribben

Gribble

Grigg

Grose

Grylls

Gummow

Gundry

Guy

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