> >Since all the Broaddus's in the US.of.A are really Broadhurst folks, I >have some info on the Americanization of the name. A few years back, I >was visiting in England and looked in the local phone books for Broaddus >name. Finding none, I asked a local banker if he had ever heard of the >name and he said sure, quite common in the east and Wales. > >I asked him why I couldn't find the name in any of the local directorys >and he asked me how I was spelling it. I said B-R-O-A-D-D-U-S and he >said "No my son, it's spelled B-R-O-A-D-H-U-R-S-T. You pronounced it >correctly, just spelled it wrong!" (the H and R are sort of silent on >the British pronunciation of Broadhurst. SO... Broadust and Broaddus >or Broadus sound the same. > >Mother is Betty Feancis Elizabeth Broaddus >-- > >David Michael Leininger (daVe) USIGS Founding Member >Membership Committee Co-Chair http://www.usigs.org >Marshall County Illinois http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmarsha >McDonough County Illinois http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmcdono >Putnam County Illinois http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilputnam > > That's how my husband's elderly aunt in Missouri pronounces it to this day. We had a bit of trouble understanding who she was speaking about at first, but it was their Broadhurst ancestors. She pronounces it "Broaddus." I think it's interesting that, at least in some areas, the "old" pronunciation has survived--seeing that we Americans are known for re-naming, re-pronouncing, etc. Thanks for the on-the-spot information, Dave. Judy Judy Marshall Arnold - [email protected] *ARNOLD*BROADHURST*COOK*COWAN*FAUBION*MARSHALL*MCCOY* ***Visit the "All In Good Time" site***: http://www.flash.net/~judyad/