The rothwell Surname
rothwell Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of the places, in Lincolnshire,
Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, and elsewhere, so named from Old
English roð(u) ‘clearing’ + well(a) ‘spring’,
‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Rothwell Family | J.Swanson | 27 |
| Rothwell |
 D4Rocky
| 5 |
| ROTHWELLs from Rosslare, Co. Wexford, IRE | Marigail Rothwell Brackeen | 18 |
| Augustus & Norman ROTHWELL | Michael | 1 |
| Burrows Henry Rothwell |
| 1 |
| Passaic, NJ Rothwells |
DennisDoyle45
| 4 |
| rothwell/mann marriage |
johncoralyngreco
| 0 |
| Richard Rothwell b. 1829 England => Boston m. Mahaney/Mahoney |
| 1 |
| Clarence ROTHWELL-PA/ Emma ROTHWELL PHILBY-Eng> PA>IA |
dcahill47
| 24 |
| Rothwell(Rathwell) - Canada |
ml2rusty
| 4 |
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