Surname Saturday - Tindall

Name Meaning

English: regional name for someone who lived in Tynedale, the valley of the river Tyne, or a habitational name from a place in Cumbria called Tindale, which is situated on a tributary of the South Tyne. The name derives from a British river name Tina (apparently from a Celtic root meaning ‘to flow’) + Old English dæl or Old Norse dalr ‘valley’.


Below are the recorded ancestors - before them, generations of Tindall yeoman farmers living near Chatton, Northumberland, England.

TINDALL LINEAGE

Thomas Tindall (1685 - )

 5th great grandfather of Alan Toomey

Adam Tindall (1710 - 1767)

Son of Thomas - b/d in Chatton, Northumberland, England. Married Margaret Thompson 30 May,1747. 

Robert Tindall (1755 - )

Son of Adam - b/d in Chatton, Northumberland, England. Married Mary ?

John Tindall (1800 - 1863)

Son of Robert - b/d in Chatton, Northumberland, England. Married Mary Eleanor Charters in 1832.

Thomas Tindall (1840 - 1885)

Son of John - b. in Chatton, Northumberland, England. Married Jane Rutherford in 1865,  emigrated to New Zealand in 1866. d. Hilton, Geraldine, South Canterbury, New Zealand

John William Tindall ( 1867 - 1932)

Son of Thomas - b. Dunedin, NZ -   Married Georgina Cullen 30 April 1902. Farmer at Hilton, Geraldine , South Canterbury, NZ. - d. Timaru

Alice Eileen Tindall (1903 - 1974)

Daughter of John William - b. Hilton, Geraldine, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Married Mark Anthony Toomey 3 June 1931. d. Christchurch, New Zealand.

Alan Mark Toomey (1943 - )

Son of Alice Eileen

Surname Saturday - Richardson

Richardson is an Anglo Saxon patronymic surname - i.e. a name deriving from a first name - son of Richard.


Richard is a given name derived from the Old English ric (power) and heard (hardy/brave). The suffix son refers to 'son of' or 'descendant of'.

Research of the surname Richardson reveals it to be of Norman descent.  The name appears in England from about 1066 and its history is prominently woven into the colourful tapestry which is an intrinsic part of the history of Britain.  Professional researchers used such ancient manuscripts as the Domesday Book (compiled in 1086 by William the Conqueror), the Inquisition, the Ragman Rolls, the Wace poem, the Honour Roll of the Battel Abbey, the Curia Regis, Pipe Rolls, the Falaise Roll, tax records, baptismals, family genealogies, and local parish and church records to establish that the first record of the name Richardson was found in Cheshire in 1067/68  where they were descended from Hugh d'Avranche, Earl Lupus, Earl of Chester if Chester who held one of the most highest domains in the whole country.  His descendant, William Belwood or Belward, Lord of Malpas (Henry 1st) in Cheshire, had two sons, David and Richard.   Richard's grandson John Richardson was said to have taken the paternal name of Richardson when he moved across the Pennines to Durham and the name is found in Yorkshire records from about 1381. A Nicholas Richardson, possibly a descendant, started a family wool business in Yorkshire in 1484 (according to the earliest Bierley deed records)

Those Yorkshire roots go back a long way!