Just done a quick survey of the first 3 of my sons tree , (16 surnames)) 2 are patr0nymics, 1 is a nickname, 3 are occupational and 10 are place names, (only 1 being a towm place name, the rest are natural place names, anyone ever looked at their names this way?
Here's one for you dotty!...........my maiden name was Killemede, have traced the name back to Southern Ireland from births and deaths records, but can't really get further, I just don't have the experience to search!..............
That's interesting Dotty.As to the argument, I think there were a few!Thomas and his wife Elizabeth married in 1888,by 1891 she was living with her parents and first child,Thomas was living with his parents. In 1901 she was still living with her parents plus 4 more children and he was living with his widowed sister!
I'm taking your advice dotty and looking at this category and you were right it is very interesting. So how about Timms (my brother reckoned our ancestors were body-servants belonging to Tim or Timothy) or Farrington, or Coombs (the man who lived in the coomb?).