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Originally Posted by nightstalker
Its interesting reading isn"t it Mario, I had no idea where my family name came from until a woman rang me out of the blue to ask me who my family were, turns out the original was laffiette ' which was changed and shortened after the owner had served his time out here
which wasn't uncommen back in the day to avoid the stigma of being a convict.
My wifes family names spelling was changed to avoid a mail mix up with another of the same name down the road and 100 years on its still the same. :0
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The name change was a problem I came across in my research. One of my ancestor's surname was originally Melmoth but when William came to Australia in 1849 it somehow got corrupted to Melmouth. Most of his children were Melmouth although two have the original spelling on their birth certificates. It makes it all very confusing...
Just on my relationship to William the Conquerer, I've been looking at a website devoted to the ancestors of William I and it is easy to see that there would be literally millions who could find a line back to him. 5 to 6 children surviving each generation for about 24 generations and I think you get the picture!!
Cheers,
Mario