Re: STANNELL / STANWELL; MDX,ENG; 1800-1900 In article <[email protected]> [email protected] "Sue Rose" writes: > STANNELL / STANWELL; MDX,ENG; 1800-1900 > > STANNELL/STANWELL; MDX,ENG;1800-1900 > > Does anyone have any information on the above surnames? > > Earliest known reference is to William (born c.1811) and > Susan STANWELL > who had children baptised in Hillingdon, Middlesex in 1830s. > Some of > their children moved to Heston, Middlesex where the name > becomes > STANNELL. There may also be a connection with STANNETT. > As it was not uncommon for foundlings to be baptised with the parish/town/ village name as a surname, that is one possibility of where things are leading to; Stanwell is about 5 miles south of Hillingdon, to the SW of Heathrow Airport. -- _______ +---------------------------------------------------+ |\\ //| | Charles Ellson:E-mail charlesATellson.demon.co.uk | | \\ // | +---------------------------------------------------+ | > < | | // \\ | Alba gu brath |//___\\| [email protected]