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Deveson
(now sometimes spelt Deverson, Davison or Devison) Originally in the 16th Century the name was spelt Dubesses or Dubesis |
This is my maternal
Grandmother's family name.At present
I have information that this family was originally descended from a John
Dubesses, born about 1525, who lived at Staple near Sandwich in East Kent.John
or his parents were probably Huguenot (Protestant) refugees from the Low
Countries across the English Channel from Kent.This
'dynasty' eventually extended into other East Kent Parishes where they
were mostly farmers and market gardeners. In the early part of the
19th Century at least one son immigrated to Australia to found
a branch of the family, which today flourishes, from Melbourne to Perth.In
the early years of the 20th Century other Deveson's settled
in Canada where they also form part of an extended 'clan'.
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Foad
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My maternal Grandfather's
family name, and like the Deveson's this is another farming family from
East Kent.My Grandfather owned Upper
Farm in the village of Sutton, just inland from the coastal town of Deal.
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Streeter,
sometimes spelt Streater
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My father's family
name, also from Kent.The name is
originally thought to be associated with families from the Weald of Kent
and East Sussex.Although 'Streeter'
is not a very common surname in the UK there seem to be many more Streeters
in the USA, even settlements named after them in the mid-west.This
seems to be traceable to an early settler, possibly of the 'Mayflower'
era.In my case there is much research
still to be done on my ancestors in this family.
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Stainthorp, in
this case spelt without a final 'e' - but this could be a local variation
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My wife's father's
family name. I have very little information to date except that in 1914
the family was living in County Durham.
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Waddleton (also
spelt Wadlin)
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The family name
of my wife's mother.I have received
information tracing this family to a Richard Waddleton born in 1723 at
St Germans, in Cornwall, England.The
family subsequently 'expanded' in Cornwall and at least one member moved
to the northeast of England (in connection with mining - originally for
tin but later for coal) in the mid 19th Century.Also
via emigration to North America where there are descendants with the name
'Wadlin'.
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Currently this fully searchable database contains a summary list of some 1200 individuals in nearly 400 families. I can also supply information in 'Family Tree Maker' file format (*.FTW). |
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on the subject of genealogy ~
it
is interesting to determine on which day of the week someone was born.
Use
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