Norfolk Roots - Helping you find your family's history
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NORFOLK SURNAMES: J

JARVIS (Also Jervis and Gervaux):
Has two sources - although both are originally French. The name comes mainly from the French name Gervaise but is also linked to the Yorkshire town of Jervaulx, the origin of many a Jarvis throughout England. It occurs 2492 times in the IGI for Norfolk with the earliest reference being 1505. In the 1881 census for Norfolk it crops up 581 times.

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