Calf, Cogar and Creeper

Here are three less common surnames, this time from nicknames or occupations. Calf was supposedly a nickname in English for a calf-like person (skittish maybe?), or perhaps for someone whose job was tending calves. Mary Calffe was buried at Bodmin in 1563 and the name was present from that point on in the Bodmin-Fowey district, … Continue reading Calf, Cogar and Creeper →