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ArchivesRe: any one know the origin of Kendall
in reply to a message by James E Kendall
English surname and place-name, in Cumbria; "valley of the (river) Kent." There's always a possibility of an English surname being adopted by immigrants from the Continent. A foreign surnames which was difficult to pronounce would sometimes be replaced by a similar sounding English surname.
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