The lonsdale Surname
lonsdale Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and southern
Cumbria, named in Old English as Lunesdæl, from the river
name Lune + dæl ‘valley’. This ancient British river
name is the same as in the first element in Lancaster, through
which city the river runs.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 54 - Messages: 140
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Thomas Lonsdale 1690 moved to Ireland | Emma | 9 |
| LONSDALE JOSEPH | Sylvia Mesh | 2 |
| Thomas & Mary Lonsdale | Mary-jane Battaglia | 1 |
| Lonsdale |
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| John Edward and Mark Lonsdale |
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| LONSDALE, ROBERT | gloria chapin | 22 |
| Lonsdale, William--Lancashire |
buckie22
| 1 |
| Ellen Lonsdall married William Gilbertson 1804 Aldborough, nr York, England | Carole Robinson | 3 |
| Lonsdale, Hargreaves |
BuckieChapin
| 0 |
| Lonsdale in Canada | Tara | 6 |
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