Sunday, August 11, 2013
The name Feland
The mystery behind the name Feland or Pheland or Foland, which is it really? Here is the story I remember hearing of the name Feland. The Feland brother's were in business together and there was a falling out between them. This led to at least one brother changing the spelling of the name to Pheland. Well that is what we heard. My mom mentioned it's like playing telephone through the generations and I think she is right. Only to find this week on Ancestry.com a tree connected to mine with the last name Foland. WHAT? Foland not Pheland? I messaged this man who says, several generations back there is a change in the spelling. I then started looking at other trees and found the spelling of Thomas Pheland who might just be the first Feland from Northern Ireland. Which way is the correct spelling and does our line of ancestry come from Thomas Pheland? This I want to find out more about? Do you?
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