Robert Featherston b. Dec 1859 9d.133, Sculcoates, East Riding of Yorkshire, England: Featherstone One Name Study

Robert Featherston

1859 -

Name	Robert Featherston [1]
Born	Dec 1859	9d.133, Sculcoates, East Riding of Yorkshire, England [1]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	11929
Person ID	I11929	Featherstone Main
Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

Sources

[S1] Index birth registrations England & Wales, (1837-2010), Taken from St Catherines House GRO index (Reliability: 1).
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The spelling of the name Featherstone has varied over the centuries, with additions and subtractions. Here is the list that we have registered with the Guild Of One Named Studies.

Featherstone, Featherston, Fetherstone, Fetherston, Featherstonhalgh, Featherstonehaugh, Featherstonhaugh, Fetherstonehaugh, Fetherstonhaugh.

We have examples from the Birth, Marriage and Death indexes where people were registered at birth with the final 'e' missing and were married with the final 'e' in the surname. The 'haugh' is more difficult to prove, but people have suddenly adopted it for no apparent reason, although we have instances where people adopted the name, usually when money was involved.

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