Re: O'Dell, O'dell and Odell - is there really a difference???
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Re: O'Dell, O'dell and Odell - is there really a difference???
Marilynne Roscoe 5/09/03
Just to give you a little more info:alternate surnames that I have come across for O'Dell are numerous:Wadelle, Wadehelle (xi Century), Wahull, Wodhull (xii - xiv Cent), Odyll (xv cent), Odell, Woodhill alias Wahull (xvi Cent), Woodhill alias Odell or Odley (xviii, xix Cent), Odel, Odil, Odle, Odehull, Wadehull, de Wahull, Woodhull, Wodell, de Flanddrensis, Whodle, Woodall, Woodhall, Waddle, Waddell, Hoddle, Weddel, Dowdalls, Udalls, d'Oudale, de Uraddale.The British origin of the name is said to be Woad Hill after a hill in Bedfordshire where the woad plant grew.