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Nettleship Family History

Nettleship Surname Meaning

of uncertain origin. It looks like an unrecorded Middle English nedeles-ship ‘extravagance vanity’ from nedeles ‘extravagant unnecessary’ influenced early by netle ‘nettle’; compare Middle English cruelship ‘coarseness’ feintship ‘weakness’ and in surnames Goodship Holdship.

But no early medieval bearers have been found and an alternative possibility is that it is a re-etymologized form of the now extinct Nettleworth with -ship substituted for -worth.

This would be from the the north Notts place-name Nettleworth attested in Alanus de Nettelworth 1287 in Sherwood Forest Eyre; John de Nettleworth 1370 in Inquisitiones post Mortem (Notts); Will'i de Nettilworth 1375 in Mansfield Rentals (Edwinstowe Notts); Rogerus Nettilworth of Chesterfield (Derbys) 1395–6 in Nottingham Borough Records.

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


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You can see how Nettleship families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Nettleship family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Nettleship families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 170 Nettleship families living in Yorkshire. This was about 44% of all the recorded Nettleship's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Nettleship families in 1891.
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What did your Nettleship ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, General Labourer and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Nettleship. 39% of Nettleship men worked as a General Labourer and 83% of Nettleship women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Nettleship were Railway Clerk and Unpaid Domestic Dutie.

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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

  • General Labourer
    39%
  • Colliery Hewer
    28%
  • Coal Hewer
    17%
  • Railway Clerk
    17%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    83%
  • Housewife
    5%
  • Unpaid Household Duties
    3%
  • Unpaid Domestic Dutie
    3%

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Passenger Lists

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There are 473 military records available for the last name Nettleship. For the veterans among your Nettleship ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1955 and 2004, in the United States, Nettleship life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1961, and highest in 2001. The average life expectancy for Nettleship in 1955 was 56, and 89 in 2004.

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