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Subject: [COVENTRY-L] Re: Hewitt
Date: 26 Mar 2004 03:14:52 -0700

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Surnames: Hewitt
Classification: Query

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I am moving your message to the Warwickshire board

when the 1871 census index is on line he should turn up there
have you tried 1881 census ?
See Links & Announcments for some more research ideas

When you have his probable place of birth
search the Civil Registration and order a copy of his birth certificate. to find his parents

read the URL in Links & Announcemnts for more info

good hunting

Hugh W

>> HEWITT SURNAME HISTORY
by Willie O'Kane


There have been Hewitts in Ireland for 800 years, but most in Ulster date from the seventeenth century Plantation. In Armagh most would be of English descent, where the name comes from the old English Hiewett, a pet form of Hugh. Similarly, in Scotland, it was Hew with the French diminutive -et.

The Poet John Hewitt (1907-87), although born in Belfast, was of Armagh stock. His poetry reflects a search for some synthesis of the conflicting allegiances and identities within the north of Ireland. His fascination with the landscape increased in proportion to his disillusionment with what he saw as the petty political wrangling that in Ulster took the place of normal discourse on art, literature or culture.

This Surname History is reproduced with the kind permission of Irish Roots Magazine in which it was first published as part of the feature article, Surnames of County Armagh, in Issue 4, 1997.

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found by google
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