The rotherham Surname
rotherham Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, named
as ‘homestead or village (Old English ham) on the river
Rother’, a Celtic river name meaning ‘chief river’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Family Crest | Ann Rotherham-Stevens | 9 |
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 jenniferclarke20
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| Henry Rotherham family of Middlesex then Kent, England, then some to USA |
Allyssa Edwards
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| Henry Rotherham d. 1847 St Pancras, Middlesex |
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| Rotherham | Sandra Hudson | 0 |
| Rotherham website |
MWhitnah
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| New Orleans Rotherhams |
MWhitnah
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| Henry Rotherham - immigrant from Liverpool |
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| JENIFER!! |
MWhitnah
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| Nancy Rotherham born about 1807 |
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