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Cheverall Family History

Cheverall Surname Meaning

from Great or Little Cheverell in Wilts. from Middle English chevrelle Old French chevrele chevrelle ‘kid’ (before 1400 OED) but in Middle English always used in the sense of cheverel leather ‘kid leather’.

The name may have been given to someone who wore kid leather or who sold articles made from it as in the case of the Londoner below whose different name forms prove that Cheverel was sometimes a reduced form of Chevereller ‘a maker or seller of kid-leather goods’.

Compare Ralph le Cheverelmongere 1310 in London Letter Books B.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Cheverall families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Cheverall family name was found in the UK in 1891. In 1891 there were 5 Cheverall families living in Dorset. This was about 29% of all the recorded Cheverall's in United Kingdom. Dorset had the highest population of Cheverall families in 1891.
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What did your Cheverall ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, County Roadman and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Cheverall. 100% of Cheverall men worked as a County Roadman and 78% of Cheverall women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • County Roadman
    100%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    78%
  • Office Cleaner
    14%
  • Charwoman
    10%

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Passenger Lists

There are 17 immigration records available for the last name Cheverall. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 45 military records available for the last name Cheverall. For the veterans among your Cheverall ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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