Last Name CRASSWELLER

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Meaning	Local: The cross-weller, one who resided by the cross-well. In the middle ages, when many wells were deemed sacred, crosses were often erected near them to denote their sanctity. A resident near such a spot would readily acquire the surname of 'atte Cross-well,' which would afterwards modify itself to Cross-weller.

Origin	English, Irish

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