Do You Have a Threlkeld, Thrailkill, Thurlkill, or...

Question

...Any of the several variants of this ancient surname from northwest England in your tree? Then consider participating in the Threlkeld One-Name Study!

It's beyond easy to do. Read about it at the Study's WikiTree FreeSpace page. Participation can mean just placing the Study's Category on the relevant profiles that you manage. Or, if you're feeling inspired, there are opportunities to get more involved that you can find at the Study's primary website. If you don't have Threlkeld ancestry but are a little bit curious about the surname, you can read something of its etymology and origins here.

We're registered with both the Guild of One-Name Studies and the Surname Society, administer the Threlkeld DNA Project at Family Tree DNA and, when it comes back online, manage the decades-old RootsWeb Threlkeld mailing list.

You got the surname, we got ya covered!  :-)  Come join us!

Answer 1

I am Maynard Lake Diamond Jr.

My mother is Elizabeth Thorpe Diamond (1918-2015).

Her mother is Rhoda Edwards or Rhoda Threlkeld-Edwards (1896-1987).

Her father is Herbert Edwards or Herbert Threlkeld (1870-1922).

I grew up hearing the name Threlkeld and now I am working on  a family tree, but not much info so far on Threlkeld. 

Comments

Maynard, I remember seeing a reference, not sure where, to a Herbert Threlkeld-Edwards, born the same timeframe you mention. I recall it because the hyphenated surname was unusual for the era, and because the location was also unusual for most Threlkelds at the time. NY, PA, or MD, I think. But I've not looked into it further.

Please consider joining WikiTree. Collaboration and technology are how we can can dig deeper into our shared family tree. Once you join, send me a private message from my profile and I'll do what I can to help you determine Rhoda's line.

By the way, since my February post, we have a new article on the Threlkeld One-Name Study website by Jim Threlkeld, titled "Cumbria, a Forgotten Celtic Kingdom." It might be of interest.