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cottage Name Meaning and History

English (Cambridgeshire): unexplained; apparently from Norman French cotage, perhaps denoting the status of a cotter (see Cotter 2).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The cottage name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the cottage family name as far back in history as possible.

cottage Family Facts

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Distribution of cottage Families in the US in 1920
Number of cottage families
 4-5
 2-3		 1
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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cottages of Cambridgeshire susanbroadhurst20 8
Yugoslavian Cottage thaines57 0
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