Släkthistoria för Mottershaw
Mottershaw Vad efternamn betyder
probably a variant of Mothershaw. The name sometimes developed to or was confused with Mottershead (compare the bearers of both names in Audley and Leek Staffs). in Cheshire especially in Prestbury parish (see (1) above) it may be an altered form of Mottershead a name which originated in Prestbury or else the two names may have co-existed and were confused with each other.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
