www.fletcher-family.co.uk
Welcome To The Fletcher Family Website
For over two hundred years our Fletcher ancestors and many of their families have resided in Cardiff and the valley towns of South Wales. Their occupations have included canal worker, farmer and coal miner. Mark, my nephew, and I have worked together over many years to search for our common ancestors. We can trace our paternal ancestors back to 1795 when Phillip Fletcher was baptised in St. Fagan’s near Cardiff. His family descendants have spread far and wide across the world. We hope we can reach some of them through this website and form more links to our past.
We are pleased to announce the first ever Fletcher Family Gathering taking place over the 4th and 5th of August 2010. Twenty people will travel to the venue Cardiff, capital city of Wales. Of these 20, twelve are direct descendants of Phillip Fletcher 1795 - 1857.
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My name is John Fletcher and I am married with two daughters. I am a retired Headteacher my interests include family history, gardening, good food, good wine and being with my family.
My name is Mark Fletcher. I am aged 45, a retired insurance clerk. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 10 years ago. My interests include family history, photography and rugby.
The purpose of this website
The intention of the Fletcher Family Website is to provide a facility for safekeeping our history, a meeting place for Fletchers and Fletcher descendants and to share information. Within this website we aspire to present our heritage in an interesting and informative fashion. Through this website we will urge other Fletchers to join our family history efforts and broaden knowledge of our shared heritage. We aim to celebrate our past and the uniqueness of being a Fletcher.
What’s a Fletcher? Does it have a meaning?
The Meaning of the name FLETCHER
The name has generally been accepted to mean a maker and seller of arrows. Initially, however, the name is from the old French word 'flecher' (or feathers). A flechier was one who shaped and fitted the flights to the shafts, which in turn had been made by the arrowsmith. Gradually the two separate trades merged and became one and the same.
Fletcher is an occupational surname (like Smith or Carpenter) referring to someone who made arrows. The name, like Smith or Carpenter, was undoubtedly adopted by any number of genealogically unrelated families of arrowmakers in different locations, so merely bearing the same name does not indicate common ancestry unless, in any given case, there is genealogical evidence to establish an actual connection. Similarly, there is no one " coat of arms” for the Fletchers since arms don't belong to a whole surname, only to individuals and their families (descendants).
Read more facts about the history of the FLETCHER name: click here VISITORS.
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