Pennyfather One-Name Study

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A 'One Name' study into the surname Pennyfather and associated variants.

The study has an email list, a DNA project and is represented with a group on Facebook and Genealogywise. Furthermore it has a 'Wave' on Google Wave.

Some variants of this surname are: Pennefather, Penneyfather, Pennifather and Pennyfeather.

The meaning of the name is: 'penny-father', a miser, pinch-pennie, scrape-good and niggard.

An old couplet says:

The liberal doth spend his pelfe,

The pennyfather wastes himself.

The Pennyfather One Name Study website contains the following:

a) family trees of researchers

b) complete transcription of the births, marriages and deaths index for England and Wales from 1837-2005

c) parish records

For further information, contact:

Mr Trevor Penfold
E-mail:

This page last updated 13 January 2012.

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Profiles of other one-name studies registered with the Guild may be found here.