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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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Kendall is pronoused ken dul
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Origin of the Surname Kendall :
Locality. Derived from the town of Kendal, in Westmoreland, England, and was so called from the river Ken, on which it is situated, and dale; the dale on the river Ken.
Locality. Derived from the town of Kendal, in Westmoreland, England, and was so called from the river Ken, on which it is situated, and dale; the dale on the river Ken.
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