Mowbray
One-Name Study

Topics

• About the Mowbray One-Name Study
• Variants
• Origin of the surname
• Historical occurrences
• Distribution of the name
• Data
• DNA project
• Links
• Contact Details

About the Mowbray One-Name Study

This is the Guild web site for my One-Name Study of MOWBRAY and variants.

Variants

There have been more than 200 variant spellings of the name, but the major ones are

Moubray (in Scotland); Mowberry (Northants) and Mowbrey (London).

Origin of the surname

The name originates in the Normandy village of Montbray. The story of its arrival in England is explained on my personal web site, with the link given below.

Historical occurrences

Most Mowbray family members will know that the Dukedom of Norfolk was held by Mowbrays for a few generations. This line died out in the time of Richard III.

Distribution of the name

The top 3 counties for Mowbray origins over the years were Durham, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire. Since then the name has spread over the UK and Scotland and is represented in USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Data

The database holds some 10,000 persons from the 1500's to 2000. It has been gleaned from IGI, England and Wales civil registration indexes and many UK and US census records. All the English, Welsh and Scottish census data up to 1901 has been captured.

DNA project

We have a Y-chromose DNA project running with FT-DNA. Male bearers of the family name, or one of its variants, are most welcome to join. Use the relevant link below.

Links

http://www.mowbray.ddl-web-hosting.com/ This is my personal web-site.

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Mowbray This is the DNA project web-site.

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Mr David Mowbray
Willowside Cottage,
Harnham Lane,
Withington,
Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire
GL54 4DD
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

This page last updated 11 March 2008.

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