The pemberton Surname
pemberton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester
called Pemberton, from Celtic penn ‘hill’, ‘head’ + Old English
bere ‘barley’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Richard Pemberton & Elizabeth Boshears | GPemberton | 24 |
| Isaiah Pemberton b.1756- VA |
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| Australian Pemberton's | Stephen Andrew Pemberton | 13 |
| Pemberton Family of Birmingham |
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| George D. Pemberton of St. Louis MO 1942 |
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| Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
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| Question about Welsh Pembertons |
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