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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Salter		occupation	one who sells salt
Spicer		occupation	grocer
Coller		occupation	dealer or workman in coals
Collier		occupation	dealer or workman in coals
Wheeler		occupation	trade
Wheelock		occupation	trade
Collyer		occupation	Collier dealer or workman in coals
Colyar		occupation	Collier, dealer or workman in coals
Colyer		occupation	Collier, dealer or workman in coals
Conder		occupation	persons stationed upon high places near the sea coast to watch the shoals for fishermen, at the time of herring-fishing
Cook		occupation	prepare victuals
Cooke		occupation	prepare victuals
Cooper		occupation	maker of barrels
Copper		occupation	Cooper maker of barrels
Couper		occupation	Cooper, maker of barrels
Cowper		occupation	Cooper, maker of barrels
Lea		occupation	A pasture, meadow, lands not plowed, a common, a sheltered place

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