Surname/tag: Duckhouse


About the Project
The DuckhouseName Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Duckhouse name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in theDuckhouse name.
As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Duckhouses), by time period (18th Century Duckhouses), or by topic (Duckhouse DNA, Duckhouse Occupations,Duckhouse Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.
Whilst the obvious derivation of the surname relates to someone who lived near a Duckhouse, it has been pointed out to me (thanks Charles) that migrants from the Netherlands came over to the fledgling potteries industry in Staffordshire, and may well have included families with the Dutch surname Dijkhuis, which may also explain why there is difficulty in getting much further back with the tree.
How to Join
Please contact the project leader Andrew Micklethwaite or post a comment at the foot of the page. My Duckhouses came from Stafford, then migrated to Cannock, Wolverhampton and Across the Wet Midlands. There is another branch who moved from Stafford to Yorkshire, but I haven't connected them yet.
Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:
Membership
- Please welcome Jaimee Page to the Study - her branch moved from Stafford to Cheshire.
If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks!
Goals
This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of the name Duckhouse. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect.
At present I have over 1200 people (Duckhouses and spouses) in my database, but only a few (about 120) have made it on to Wikitree, and many of those do not have the source information that is in my database.
I have only studied Duckhouse. Other names, like Duckas, are included only where it is contextually obvious they are a Duckhouse. Further study them would undoubtedly add more to the project.
Currently there is a rudimentary website for this project here: https://micklethwaite.one-name.net/duckhouse.htm
Famous Duckhouses
- Ted Duckhouse - played football (soccer) for Birmingham City Football Club https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Duckhouse-157
- Derek Duckhouse - entomologist
- Sir Peter Viggers and the MPs' expenses scandal link
Task List
To add people to the Study enter [[Category:Duckhouse Name Study]]
{{One Name Study|name=Duckhouse}} into their profile, which will display this sticker:- Login to edit this profile and add images.
- Private Messages: Contact the Profile Managers privately: One Name Studies WikiTree and Andy Micklethwaite. (Best when privacy is an issue.)
- Public Comments: Login to post. (Best for messages specifically directed to those editing this profile. Limit 20 per day.)
My 3 x great grandmother was Emma Duckhouse born 1850 in Stafford
You should add \[\[Category: Duckhouse Name Study\]\] into the sources for your Duckhouse people to add them to the project, omitting the \ charactwer.
HTH Andy.
edited by Andrew Micklethwaite
I also created a redirect, so Project:Duckhouse (the link for the button from the Duckhouse surname page) brings you to this page.
Cheers, Liz