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whale Name Meaning and History
English: nickname for a large, ungainly person, from Middle English
hwal ‘whale’ (Old English hwæl).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Whale, Moore, Rice of Sudbury Connections |
 JenMHerron
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| Whale family in Ontario, Canada |
regmohr
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| Daniel Whale |
jameswhale50
| 0 |
| ROBERT WHALE "ARTIST" | ROSANN WOOLSTENHULME PERRY | 3 |
| Edward whale, wiltshire |
Whale11295
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| Charles George WHALE |
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| Whale in Shipston. John, Ann, Edmund, Eliza, Selina 1800s |
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| Whale family, New Zealand * | karena | 10 |
| WHALE families, London UK 1841 - 1891 |
LG1964
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| **Charles Whale *** |
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