Variations in the Spelling of a Surname (Announce)

by peteressex , Thursday, November 05, 2009, 19:50 (5499 days ago) @ Roger Griffiths

Tell me about it. I went around for the best part of 60 years believing that my paternal grandmother's maiden name was "Sterry". I then found that during the second half of the 19th century our particular branch of the numerous Sterrys of the Forest and thereabouts had somehow become different, and had become "Sterrey", an unusual spelling but verified on gravestones and elsewhere, including current use. If your name is spelt "Sterry" I may well be related to you despite having a grandma "Sterrey"!