Featherston is a surname of English origin, at least as old as the 12th century. The link with "Featherstone" is probably not traceable, but people researching both spellings (and others such as "de Fetherestanhalgh") contribute to the collection of pages in the website called "The Featherstone Society".
People having the surname include:
Hopkins is an English, Welsh and Irish patronymic surname. The English name means "son of Hob". Hob was a diminutive of Robert, itself deriving from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renowned-fame". The Robert spelling was introduced to England and Scotland after the Norman conquest of England.
Faure is an Occitan family name meaning blacksmith, from Latin faber. It is pronounced differently from the accented surname Fauré, as in Gabriel Fauré, French composer and organist.
Farquhar is a surname of Scottish origin, derived from the Scottish Gaelic fearchar, from fear ("man") and car ("beloved"). Farquharson is a further derivation of the name, meaning "son of Farquhar". The name originated as a given name, but had become established as a surname by the 14th century.
Gessler or Geßler is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
DeSutter is derived from the Latin word sutor (shoemaker) and is widely used in Flanders. One could translate DeSutter as 'The Shoemaker'. The first record of the name is from the 13th century in Flanders. DeSutters originated in the northernwestern parts of Belgium in the Ghent area near the English Channel, as well as in Northwestern France. Variants include De Sutter, DeSoto, DeZuter, DeZutter and De Zutter.
Noonan is an Irish surname.
Storer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Featherstone is a town in West Yorkshire, England.
Schulten is a surname. It may refer to:
Scott is a surname of Scottish origin. It is first attributed to Uchtredus filius Scoti who is mentioned in the charter recording in the foundation of Holyrood Abbey and Selkirk in 1120 and the border Riding clans who settled Peeblesshire in the 10th century and the Duke of Buccleuch.
Scannell is an Irish surname.
Colclough is a surname of British origin. Notable people with this surname include:
Malloch is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Pavlich is an anglicized version of the Croatian surname Pavlić. Notable people with the surname include:
Gately is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Heenan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
McMenamin is an Irish surname. In ancient Gaelic it was shorter, Meanma, a word meaning courageous or high spirited. It originated in Co. Donegal in the 13th century and the Meanma’s were a warrior branch of the O'Donnells of Tyrconnell (Donegal), who were the "chieftains of Fanad" a large territory in Donegal. Notable people with the surname include:
Youds is an English surname originally from the Wirral peninsula, historically part of Cheshire.
Featherstone is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Featherstonhaugh is an English surname. The name comes from Featherstonhaugh in Northumberland, from the Old English feðere, 'feather', stān, 'stone', and healh, 'corner'.