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Atyeo contacts and List Server
Here are links to some of the Atyeo researchers; feel free to contact
any of us; or let me know if you would like to be included on this contact
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Mike Atyeo
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Jean Atyeo Booth
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Michelle Atyeo
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39 Weslock Way
Kanata
ONT K2K 2K5
Canada
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3641 Newcastle Creek Drive
Jacksonville
FLA 32277
USA
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2807 E. Upriver Dr. Apt. 4
Spokane
WA 99207
USA
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matyeo@yahoo.com
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michelleatyeo@hotmail.com
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Atyeo origins
One of the advantages of having the name Atyeo is
that it is not only rare, but only appears in Mid-Somerset
for hundreds of years. Our research to date has managed to
trace all Atyeos, wherever they are in the world, back to a
few small villages in mid-Somerset: Langport, Othery, Stoke
St. Gregory, Middlezoy, Weston Zoyland, etc. Until the
12th/13th Centuries, only the aristocracy tended to have
surnames. The peasants didn't really start using surnames
until a minor population explosion meant that you had to
differentiate, between say, John (the) Fletcher (=
arrowmaker) from John (the Black-) Smith, or John
At(the)hill, etc.
Most surname dictionaries agree on the basic derivation
of Atyeo from Somerset/Dorset/Devon dialect, for example,
one has the following entry: "Yeo is a common name of
streams in Devon, Somerset. It is Old English ea 'river',
which in the dialects of these counties has given 'yeo'. Yeo
has often displaced earlier names." Another dictionary
mentions "Atyeo: Roger atte yo 1333 'Dweller by the
river'.
So, Atyeo (or Attyoe, or all the other variations we have
come across) comes from Old English Atte yeo, meaning
'dweller by the river'. The Roger atte Yo mentioned was
actually in Devon, rather than Somerset, but the earliest
mention we have found is: "John atte Yo (or Yoo) Somerset
Subsidy-Roll 1327." (from yet another dictionary of
surnames).
Note that there are still at least 3 rivers in Somerset
and Devon named 'Yeo', one of which forms part of the border
of Langport Parish. Could one of these have been the
original 'Yeo' we were named after?
Atyeos and UK Civil
Registration
All registered UK births, marriages and deaths since 1837
are available for public inspection. These records provide a
reference to the original certificate of birth, marriage, or
death, which can be ordered for a small sum. This obviously
provides a valuable source of information for genealogical
research, although records can be absent or mistranscribed.
I have searched and recorded all the Atyeo entries for the
following dates:
- Births: 1837-1919
- Marriages: 1837-1928 except: 2Q1901, 1Q1904, 4Q1905
- Deaths: 1837-1950 except: 2Q and 4Q 1847
Some day, we will record all the Atyeo entries here, so
that you can order certificates directly, without having to
do your own search. For now, if you need to track down a
birth, marriage or death, or need a copy of a certificate
within the dates above, send
me enough information to identify it uniquely, and I
will give you the reference you need to order the
certificate, plus whatever additional information we have
about that event.
Useful genealogy links
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