A journey into the past, one ancestor at a time.
“This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. ‘the son of Louis’ or ‘Lewis’ (for the history of this personal name read an interesting account in Yonge, ii. 387-9). Miss Yonge thinks Lewis is used by the Welsh as an Anglicanism of Llewelyn.” Forebears I have several Lewis families in my tree. I …
“BOULTER. One who sifts meal— an occupation formerly distinct from that of the miller. See Richardson and Halliwell.” BritishSurnames.co.uk Boulter should, theoretically, prove to be one of the easiest names to research in my family tree. It’s incidence is approximately 50 in 1,000,000 today… In 1881 it’s incidence was 32 in Wales. However, the …