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bridgewater Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Bridgwater in Somerset; the water which the bridge at Bridgwater crosses is the Parrett river, but the place name actually derives from Brigewaltier, i.e. ‘Walter’s bridge’, after Walter de Dowai, the 12th-century owner.

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Distribution of bridgewater Families in the US in 1920
Number of bridgewater families
 30-58
 11-29		 1-10
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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