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Subject: Re: Red names
Author: Cleveland Kent Evans   (Authenticated as clevelandkentevans)
Date: October 2, 2007 at 12:12:06 PM
Reply to: Red names by Sweetly Broken
Redvers was briefly popular in England around 1900 because of a general named Redvers Buller:

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sir_Redvers_Henry_Buller

Redcliffe, Reddall, Reddell, Reddan, Redden, Reddin, Redding, Reddick, Reddiford, Redfern, Redford, Redgrave, Redley, Redmore, Rednall, Rednell, Redshaw, Redway, and Redwin are among the surnames starting with Red- listed in A Dctionary of English Surnames by Reaney & Wilson.

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