Welcome to our Marlow(e) Family Genealogy!
There is a wealth of information that you can find within this website. The information is believed to be accurate, however, where little or no documentation is available, relationships and other information is shown on a most probable or "best guess" basis. I would appreciate any corrections that may substantiate or negate any information shown or any additional information you may have, and I welcome any photos or other media that you may be willing to share.
I have had my DNA (Y,mtdna, autosomal) done by ftdna, ancestry, and 23andme. Also would suggest putting info on gedmatch.com. It is free and has a lot of tools. My kit number there is A056876.
I was born 15 Feb 1949 in Fordsville, Ohio County, Kentucky and basically have 5 generations (1800 to present) of family from there. Before that my Marlow family was in Maryland about 1650 to 1800. Before that Virginia and England.
Marlow Name Meaning and History
1. Originally the name comes from St. Malo in France. About 50 men migrated to England to find work, about c1300ish. On migration from France the men know as ‘the Malos’, which then was anglicised to Marlow. As per Susette Bakker (Marlow).
2. habitational name from the place in Buckinghamshire on the Thames, named in Old English withmere ‘lake’, ‘pool’ + lafe ‘remnants’, ‘leavings’, i.e. a boggy area remaining after a lake had been drained.
3. other possibly spelling variants - Marlowe, Marlar, Marler, Marloe, Marlo, Marley, Marleau.