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« on: Sunday 23 August 09 14:09 BST (UK) »
Well I could be wrong on that but I know when we were looking for various people in the family tree we went directly to each parish and searched through the records.
I just had a quick look at an online database for the name "Dello" and it throws up the following:
http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Dello
This very interesting surname recorded in the spellings of Dello, Dellow, and Dillow, can be described as being medieval English. However there are two possible origins. The first is Norman French and residential, and deriving from the words "de l'eau". This indicates somebody who lived by the water, or who possibly owned the rights to a lake or spring. Amongst the very early recordings is that of Henry del Ewe in the famous Hundred Rolls for the village of Oseney in the county of Oxfordshire, in the year 1250. The second origin is Olde English pre 7th century and from the words 'dell' meaning 'below' and 'hoh, a ridge, as in the recording of Walter Delho in the 1275 Hundred Rolls of Hertfordshire. To add to the confusion the surname is also a Huguenot introductiopn of the 17th century and later, and from here we have examples such as Benjamin Dilleau, a witness at Christchurch, Spitalfields, London, on December 19th 1755. Other early recordings taken from authentic church registers and local charters include:Joone Dyllowe, christened at St Bolotolphs church, Bishopgate, city of London, in 1584, John Dillow of Clerkenwell in 1679, William Dillo of Westminster in 1714, and George Dilew, also of London in 1820. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was usually known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries surnames in every country have continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
I'm wondering if it could be a case of the surname being spelled differently in registers than he grew up spelling it? For example my own grandmother's surname is spelled differently on the birth records of her siblings - it was all down to the person writing the register deciding which way it "should" be spelt!
Certainly Dellow, Dillow and Deleau throw up more results on a quick look at the family record seach. It's probably something you've already looked into but it's worth throwing out there.
Good luck with your search
Aileen
I just had a quick look at an online database for the name "Dello" and it throws up the following:
http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Dello
This very interesting surname recorded in the spellings of Dello, Dellow, and Dillow, can be described as being medieval English. However there are two possible origins. The first is Norman French and residential, and deriving from the words "de l'eau". This indicates somebody who lived by the water, or who possibly owned the rights to a lake or spring. Amongst the very early recordings is that of Henry del Ewe in the famous Hundred Rolls for the village of Oseney in the county of Oxfordshire, in the year 1250. The second origin is Olde English pre 7th century and from the words 'dell' meaning 'below' and 'hoh, a ridge, as in the recording of Walter Delho in the 1275 Hundred Rolls of Hertfordshire. To add to the confusion the surname is also a Huguenot introductiopn of the 17th century and later, and from here we have examples such as Benjamin Dilleau, a witness at Christchurch, Spitalfields, London, on December 19th 1755. Other early recordings taken from authentic church registers and local charters include:Joone Dyllowe, christened at St Bolotolphs church, Bishopgate, city of London, in 1584, John Dillow of Clerkenwell in 1679, William Dillo of Westminster in 1714, and George Dilew, also of London in 1820. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was usually known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries surnames in every country have continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
I'm wondering if it could be a case of the surname being spelled differently in registers than he grew up spelling it? For example my own grandmother's surname is spelled differently on the birth records of her siblings - it was all down to the person writing the register deciding which way it "should" be spelt!
Certainly Dellow, Dillow and Deleau throw up more results on a quick look at the family record seach. It's probably something you've already looked into but it's worth throwing out there.
Good luck with your search
Aileen
) If I am passing Mosstown cemetary I will run in and see if I can spot a grave for Patrick Quinn and I'll bring my camera in case I get lucky. It's only over the road so I pass it quite often.