surnames
Does anyone know the meaning or origin of the names Ayer (pronounced "air"), Peddicord, or Fanshire? If you do I'd love to know. Thanks
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You'll find the origin of Ayer at http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Ayer-name-meaning.ashx. Peddicourt is an alteration of Petticoat whose history you can trace at http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dbdvcw-1&id=I073191. Look up COAT at http://tr.im/gU4w.
Fanshire is an alteration of Fanshaw via Fancher (see http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=apcwallner&id=I018). Fanshaw is the actual pronunciation of the placename Featherstonehaugh.
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