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cork Name Meaning and History

English: metonymic occupational name for a supplier of red or purple dye or for a dyer of cloth, Middle English cork (of Celtic origin; compare Corkery).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the cork family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of cork Families in the US in 1920
Number of cork families
 41-80
 14-40
 1-13
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 58 - Messages: 203
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Corks in England girouxtr 1
William Cork alias Loveday chris_kingston 0
William Cork Of Teynham in Kent England jacdac 3
Susannah Cork julianca_1 0
Charlotte STONE DustiSmith 0
Corks of Devon TRAPEZE 1
the corks of alabama ale383043a8e94d70e547289ee4debdd018d2c4 0
eli cork barb thatcher 0
Clayton Wallace Cork keltigard 5
obit: Elsie Lou (Cork) Huffington, of IN & Marshall, IL (1922-2005) lynn1972_1 0
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