Researching Ernest Weekley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 147 people with the Weekley surname? In that year Weekley was ranked number 3432 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ernest means "Earnest" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Ernest Weekley on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ernest Weekley and the Weekley Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 171 people with the Weekley surname in the UK? Weekley is now ranked number 3882 for popularity in the UK. |
Weekley Genealogy Databases
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Ernest Weekley
Ernest Weekley (27 April 1865 – 7 May 1954) was a British philologist, best known as the author of a number of works on etymology. His An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (1921; 850 pages) has been cited as a source by most authors of similar books over the 90 years since it was published. From 1898 to 1938, he was Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Nottingham.
He married Frieda von Richthofen in 1899. Together they had three children: Charles Montague (born 1900), Elsa Agnès (born 1902) and Barbara Joy (born 1904). Weekley divorced Frieda in 1913 following her elopement with D. H. Lawrence.
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