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"Worrow" - This very unusual surname almost certainly originates from England and is directly traceable back to a Daniel Worrow born in 1764 in a place about 12 miles from the City of London, a placed known as Walthamstow. At that time Walthamstow would have been a rural farming community. Prior to Daniel's birth there are no records to support Worrow being a family name in the area although a Robert Worrow is recorded as having been buried at St Mary's Church and I speculate that this may have been Daniel's father. There are incidences of the name from around 1600 in the Northamptonshire area of England and I further speculate that Robert may have moved from a farming community there to Walthamstow. Daniel and his wife Mary Allett had children in Walthamstow but by about 1830 almost the whole of the family moved into London's "East End", probably in search of work and the name "Worrow" profliferated quite strongly, it is likely that all modern day Worrow's originate from this stock. The Worrow's of the 1800's were mainly of working class background with many having occupations that relied upon trade around the river Thames, occupations such as Stevedores, Dockers, Lightermen, Marine Salvage workers and Barge Builders. However, by this time there were two distinct branches of the Worrow tree with the first descending from William Worrow born in about 1802 and the other from John born in 1803. The line from John had occupations such as Blacksmiths, Farriers, Veteinary Surgeons although occupations of both lines did overlap. Towards the end of the 1800's migration to the United States and possibly Canada had started and some direct lines back to the UK have been proven and current relationships established, however this is an area that requires greater research as it seems certain that the name entered the States by other means than those already determined and possibly as early as the 1700's. With the advent of dramatically lower birth rates in the second half of the 20th centuary the name did not continue to grow as it had before and it could be that there are only around say 200 to 250 Worrow's currently alive globally. I am in close contact with a Richard Worrow who has been researching our name for about 10 years and he is no doubt the foremost expert in our genealogy. Richard is a descendent of John 1803 whereas I am from William 1802, as yet we have yet to find documentary evidence that our two sides of the family tree are connected but the circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. Joint research recently has allowed us to conclude that Records in Walthamstow are unlikely to reveal anything further, our intention is therefore to pursue connections in North America and our history prior to what we know from Walthamstow. If you have any information about Worrow's or you would like more information please e mail me. [email protected]