The surname Fernow was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor close to the Cheshire border. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1332 when Adam de Fernyhough held estates.
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Early History of the Fernow family
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Fernow Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Fernihough, Ferneyhough, Fernyhough, Fearnyhough, Fernyough, Ferniho, Fernow, Fernihalgh and many more.
Early Notables of the Fernow family
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Migration of the Fernow family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.
Contemporary Notables of the name Fernow (post 1700)
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Bernard Fernow (1851-1923), American Chief Forester of the USDA in the late 1800s; he believed that forests were part of the "great economy of nature"
Karl Ludwig Fernow (1763-1808), German art critic and archaeologist
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