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Irex, found in England (mainly East Anglia)must rate as the most elusive name i have ever found.
Listed as not only a Surname but also found as a Street name and a house name.
The only Irex i can find is that of:-
Irex americanus was an old generic name applied to fish of the Carandidae family, specifically the Amberfish or Blue Runner genus but the scientific name was abandoned in the 1860's and replaced with Elagatis bipinnulatus.
Any thoughts welcome????
Listed as not only a Surname but also found as a Street name and a house name.
The only Irex i can find is that of:-
Irex americanus was an old generic name applied to fish of the Carandidae family, specifically the Amberfish or Blue Runner genus but the scientific name was abandoned in the 1860's and replaced with Elagatis bipinnulatus.
Any thoughts welcome????
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Are you sure that this is an English surname? I can't find any evidence. According to the "Geogen" website there is one Irex in the German telephone directory, and the familysearch databank records one Irex marriage in 18th century Cologne.
I wonder if the name Irex Road, Lowestoft, commemorates a shipwreck, see here -
http://www.backofthewight.co.uk/irex.htm
Perhaps the ship or the crew had a Lowestoft connection.
I wonder if the name Irex Road, Lowestoft, commemorates a shipwreck, see here -
http://www.backofthewight.co.uk/irex.htm
Perhaps the ship or the crew had a Lowestoft connection.
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The form suggests a Latin origin, i at first thought this must be a variant of another name but nothing could close could be found.
Is it originally a English name? here i'm unsure but i have found a few previously on the Suffolk/ Norfolk border in East Anglia
Irex Road in Pakefield, Lowestoft, i have found no connection with the boat wreck, which was several hundred miles away, this would seem unlike.
That stuck where to look next....
Is it originally a English name? here i'm unsure but i have found a few previously on the Suffolk/ Norfolk border in East Anglia
Irex Road in Pakefield, Lowestoft, i have found no connection with the boat wreck, which was several hundred miles away, this would seem unlike.
That stuck where to look next....
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I still haven't found a reference to an English person surnamed Irex. Reaney and Wilson list the surname Rex, or Recks, which they explain as "dweller by the rushes".
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