Family names and the mapping of migration

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Family names and the mapping of migration

• Maggie Exon

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Demographic evidence

• Statistics
• Family reconstitution
• Patrilineal studies and surname mapping
• Surname inheritance via the father
• Interest in surname origins
• Genetics and family history

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Surname mapping issues

• Methods of mapping
• Banwell maps
• Use of boundaries suitable to the data
• Allowing for variation

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Social security death index
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1901 census
Bradford
Manchester
Liverpool
Bristol
London
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Baptisms/marriages, 1651-1700
Census 1851
Lincolnshire
Leicestershire
London
Somerset
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1851 census
Keynsham
Banwell area
Stogursey area
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Baptisms/marriages, 1555-1650
Stogursey
Exton
North Curry
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Baptisms/marriages, 1555-1650
1851 census
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Census 1851
Census 1901
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1851 census
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Demographic evidence

• Statistics
• Family reconstitution
• Patrilineal studies and surname mapping
• Surname inheritance via the father
• Interest in surname origins
• Genetics and family history
• One-name studies
• Enable detailed examination of family structures
  over time and space

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Example

• Samuel, Solomon, Elizabeth and William Exon
• All appear in Adams and Hancock counties,
  Illinois, from late 1840s onwards no origin
  given except for being from England
• Entries from baptism register, Banwell, Somerset,
  children of John Exon and Charlotte (née Morgan)
• Samuel, 12 Oct 1823
• Elizabeth, 13 March 1825
• Solomon, 4 Feb 1827
• William, 7 March 1830

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Main internal migration routes
Bradford
Manchester
Liverpool
Mid/Late 19C
Bristol
London
Mid 19C
Late 18C/Early 19C
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Main overseas migration routes
17C
Mid 19C
Early 19C
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Main US migration routes
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m.exon_at_curtin.edu.au