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2013 Where did the English Wedding family come from? What is the
English Wedding family crest and coat of arms? When did the
Wedding family first arrive in the United States? Where did the
various branches of the family go? What is the Wedding family
history?The name Wedding was brought to England by the Normans
when they conquered the country in 1066. The ancestors of the
Wedding family lived in Yorkshire, at Wadding. This was a local
name, derived from the place-name Wadding. In general, local
names were adopted by families when they moved to another area.
This distinguished them from other people that had the same
name. As people began moving closer together, it became more
important to be able to identify people from one another. It is
only in the last few hundred years that the English language has
been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like
Wedding are characterized by many spelling variations. Scribes
and monks in the M