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Welcome to the Web Pages of The WARRY FAMILY HISTORY
SOCIETY.
These pages are devoted to the historical records of
the Warry Family (and likely variations in spelling due to phonetic rendering
of the name).
The Warry Family History Society was formed to gather and
share family history information for all WARRY families and likely spelling
variations and is a continuation of work undertaken by previous individuals and
groups who did so much to gather and share the WARRY FAMILY HISTORY.
Presently a work
is being undertaken to collate all previously gathered information , conduct
new research and contact as many descendants of WARRY’s as possible for
information, photographs, items of historical interest etc. The result from
this will be a comprehensive history of the Warry family available to all
interested persons on CD (for a donation to cover cost of preparation, handling
and postage)
It would be
appreciated if you could mention this site to anyone you think may be
interested in the WARRY FAMILY HISTORY.
If you can’t find the info you are seeking on this website
or want further info additional to the index info please contact us via
warryfhs@tpg.com.au
if for some reason this email address isn’t working try michael.warry@OR.com.au ( but change
OR to qr) this substitution is to reduce
spam from those who harvest email addresses from websites
Likely
Origin of the name WARRY
The origin of the family name ,
and it’s possible and probable variants , has long been the subject of
research, supposition and even fiction. While no definite conclusion has yet
been reached , some theories can be advanced based on the fairly sparse amount
of information available.
Surnames in general were not common before the Norman conquest ,
although some were in use at that time . After this, names of French
origin were used in addition to names of
Old English origin, but it was not only the upper classes who needed to adapt
an additional name, mainly as a result of the feudal system. The additional
name was used to identify a particular individual and was not necessarily
hereditary, particularly if the name described his physical characteristics.
However by the early 12th century, hereditary surnames became
more common among the upper classes. It took the lower classes some further
hundred years to adopt this system to any great extent. It must also be
considered that an ‘Alias’ (without any necessarily sinister motive) was
frequently adapted by people as late as the eighteenth century.
A surname could have been derived from a place name, trade or occupation
name or even a physical characteristic which can make it difficult as some
would be related where others would not be.
Many variations of a surname arose out of a lack of organised spelling
and phonetics were the order of the day right up to the 19th century. In most cases parish registers were
written up by parish clerks whose literacy skills were very basic.
Thus almost any phonetic rendering could be a probable variation. Many
examples of probable phonetic variation occurs e.g. – Warry, Warrey, Warrie,
Warie, Waree, Warey, Wary, Warrye, Warray, Wharry, Whary, Wharrye, Wharye,
Wharrie, Wharrey,Wherry,Worry,Worrey, Worie, Worray. (There are possibly others
as well such as Wherry and Werry etc).
In some parish registers even children of the same parents have
variations in spelling of their surname. Also it isn’t difficult to imagine how
a strong regional accent would play its part in influencing spelling of a
surname like ‘WARRY’.
It would appear though over time ‘WARRY’ became the standard spelling as
most of the other variations with the exception of ‘Wherry’ and ‘Werry’ (if
they are variants) seem to have ceased or are in small numbers. For example
from the 1881 census of
|
Warry |
332 |
Wharrey |
0 |
|
Wherry |
243 |
Warie |
0 |
|
Werry |
240 |
Waree |
0 |
|
Wharrie |
43 |
Warrye |
0 |
|
Worry |
25 |
Warray |
0 |
|
Warrey |
16 |
Whary |
0 |
|
Wary |
11 |
Wharye |
0 |
|
Worrey |
10 |
Worrie |
0 |
|
Wharry |
8 |
Worie |
0 |
|
Warey |
7 |
Warrie |
0 |
Site Structure
Initially the site is limited to 10 MB and is a collection of pages with
hyperlinks between them. The site may change over time based on any comments
and suggestions. A Microsoft access database may at some future time be
included to make it easier to search for basic genealogical data held in the
broader collection of WARRY FAMILY HISTORY.
· Home Page (to provide info about
the site)
· Warry Wills (to provide info about
wills)
· Warry Births/Baptisms (a printout of an index
of births)
· Warry Marriages (a printout of an index
of marriages)
· Warry Deaths (a printout of an index
of deaths)
· Census (census information)
· News ( any updates to the site
or news items)
· Researchers (other descendants who
want to be contacted and their particular interest)
· Help Wanted (Specific requests for
info in the hope someone may be able to help)
· Early References (early references to
Warry Family )
· Emigration/Immigration/Convicts
(Warrys who emigrated
from
A Note about Copyright
The Copyright of some of the data
and pictures on this site is held by third parties. It is
published here with the proviso that it is only to be used for personal
research and not for any profit. If you wish to use any data or
pictures as inclusions in any profit-making publications or distributions,
please contact me first and I’ll advise who you should contact or you can
contact the original owner for permission directly.
Can you help by providing information
for the Warry Family History
Any information at all that mentions the WARRY surname (or likely
variant in spelling) would be appreciated.
Early photographs, newspaper articles,
local, church or family histories,
immigration or emigration records in fact anything at all mentioning the WARRY name is of interest and
can be sent to
Michael Warry
Strathpine 4500
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