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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.

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.

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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.

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).

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