Wadey

Wadey One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Wadey

Category: 2 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way, but currently in some countries only.

DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/Wadey

Contact: Mr John Commins

About the study

This is study of the Wadey surname which is pre-dominantly Sussex based.

Variant names

Other variants exist and indeed are registered with the Guild

Name origin

It appears that the Name and variants, originate around the 11th & 12th c and over time has concentrated on two areas Waddy in the north of England & southern Scotland and Wadey in the south east England, with varient,s existing

Historical occurrences of the name

of all Wadey patents taken out in the last 100yrs both relate to a same family tree the first Benjamin 1907-1955 patent no GB1900705715 taken out in 1907 for a non slipping device for road motor vehicles but did not take off as wheels were redesigned later, 2nd Philip James 1953- patent no GB2262220 for a handling device designed to fit on plastic carriers to make them more comfortable

Distribution of the name

Wadey/Wadie/Waddy appear as first names in Africa especially Sudan,may be from various area,s there

Data

data collected from the GRO BMD records from 1837-2002

Contact Details

Mr John Commins

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Wadey in the Guild Indexes

(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)

Global Marriages (public) 400
Global Marriages (members)* 467
Modern Newspaper Index 6
Probate Index* 197
Datastores 4974
Study materials for the study Wadey* 1
Stories for the name Wadey 2

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