so im writing a story in history class about a british girl in 1843, any ideas for her last name?

Question

im looking for a common last name

she was a mill worker from manchester

Answer 1

Depends on her pedigree. Here's a couple names from my non-titled English friends:
Binns
Farrell
Miller

Answer 2

See: http://www.britishsurnames.uk/lists/top+names+in+1881

http://www.britishsurnames.uk also lists surnames according to their social status, whether they are urban or rural, and according to their popularity in different sections of England as well as Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

The 20 most common surnamesin the United Kingdom in 1881 are as follows:
1) Smith, 2) Jones, 3) Williams, 4) Brown, 5) Taylor, 6) Davies, 7) Wilson, 8) Evans, 9) Thomas, 10) Roberts, 11) Walker, 12) Johnson, 13) Wood, 14) White, 15) Robinson, 16) Wright, 17) Thompson, 18) Clark, 19) Hall, 20) Hughes.

Answer 3

About the same as today; Smith, Miller, Marsh, Matthews, Williams, Jones, Wright, Carpenter, Baker, Cook.

You can go to

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp

set the census to "1881 British" and look for a common first name to see last names in 1881. That's only 38 years away from your story and it is free. You can set the location to something more specific, too; Shropshire, York, Isle of Mann . .

Answer 4

Eliza Smithers

Answer 5

a million. important character (Blonde Hair Blue Eyes 13) Falyn Noel Dawson (reported Falon) 2. mom (Brown hair Brown Eyes 33) Liberty Drew Swainston-Dawson 3. Dad (Blonde hair green Eyes 35) Nolan Jake Dawson -------------- acquaintances 4. (Brown hair green Eyes) 13) Braylyn Kennedy Christian 5. (Male, Brown hair Brown eyes) 13 Kynton James Adams (reported family members-ten) ------------------- Kidnapper, Aaron Eugene Vandentoorn

Answer 6

1) Reed
2) Withers
3) Linkin
4) George
5) Smitten
6) Thompson
7) Bonagora

all i can think of off the top of my head....hope this helps!