Re: Oxenham &/or Oxnam Families
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Re: Oxenham &/or Oxnam Families
10/24/01
Hello Kara,
Nice to hear from you.
Hopefully I might be able to help you with a little more information. Can you tell me when and where George Brown Oxnam was born? What was his occupation?
The name Oxnam seems to arise only from the Cornwall branch of the Oxenham family, most of whom I now think I have now connected to my branch of the family. Still a bit to prove but I suspect that any Oxnam (or Oxnem) is connected back to the family tree that I am building up in Cornwall.
The name seems to have changed from time to time. I think based on the spelling used by the local parish clerk if the people themselves could not read or write. Sometimes Oxnam continued and sometimes Oxenham prevailed, but I think that most born in Cornwall are all connected.
Look forward to hearing more from you.
Peter