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applewhite Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place named Applethwaite, from Old Norse apaldr ‘apple tree’ + þveit ‘meadow’. There are two or three such places in Cumbria; Applethwaite is also recorded as a surname from the 13th century in Suffolk, England, pointing to a possible lost place name there. The form Applewhite, now found predominantly in Lincolnshire, goes back to the 16th century in Suffolk.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of applewhite Families in the US in 1920
Number of applewhite families
 49-95
 17-48		 1-16
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Robert Applewhite PHoward2087 29
Children of Frederick Applewhite canisingtou1 0
Looking for Family (Applewhite's) canisingtou1 0
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Thomas Applewhite Betsy Nicol 47
WOODARD or WOODWARD APPLEWHITE Jancie 16
Applewhite's in NC, GA, FL kimberly applewhite 1
Looking for Dyan Grantham, old e-mail- goofydee67@cox.net ShirleyApplewhite71 0
APPLEWHITE, MAHALA VIRGINIA WATTS 2
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