We’re now down to the last three surnames, each of which could boast over 1,000 households in the Cornwall of 1861. Like Harry and Harris or Stephens and Stevens, Richard and Rickard share the same root, being merely alternative pronunciations (one from Parisian Old French and the other from Picardy.) In medieval Cornwall and England …
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Published on August 23, 2024 23:44