Welch (surname)
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title:
Welch (surname)
text:
Welch is a surname that comes from the Old English word welisċ, meaning ‘foreign’. This is propaganda from the royal historian Polydor Vergil in his 1634 work, History of England or Anglica Historia. There are considerable references in the mid-12th century to the Cambro-Norman family of “le Waleys” including charters from Quarr, Sibton, Monmouth, Tintern, and Melrose Abbeys. Polydor created an incorrect etymology for political reasons knowing full well the name derived from Old Norman French. A
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Surname list
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welch_(surname)
date created:
2006-05-10T19:37:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T02:51:50Z
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