The formby Surname
formby Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from the place on Merseyside, so named
from Old Norse forn ‘old’ (or perhaps a byname Forni
with this meaning) + býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 33 - Messages: 123
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| I have a Fomby cemetery in my woods. Anyone have any idea about it? |
 halseyspartan2
| 18 |
| FORMBY Floyd D 1932-1996 |
t42Moore
| 0 |
| William Formby | Alan Formby | 1 |
| FORMBYs in Wilkes Co., GA & Crawford Co., AR |
curti_m
| 2 |
| Dorothy Formby of Dallas, TX b. 1907 |
drbrownlee
| 0 |
| Formby/Burch Families |
Sandi Fletcher
| 2 |
| FORMBY TREE | Marine Fomby Jackson | 31 |
| CARL GRENWAY'S considerable collection on FORMBY CLAN | Julie D. Formby | 3 |
| the marriage of eugene m. formby to willie |
GEFormby1
| 1 |
| Aaron Formby/Elizabeth Harvell |
Sandi Fletcher
| 1 |
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