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desha Name Meaning and History

Altered form of French Deschamps, meaning ‘of or from the fields’.

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

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

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Distribution of desha Families in the US in 1920
Number of desha families
 7-12
 3-6		 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 17 - Messages: 67
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Elizabeth Desha married BenjaminFanklin dowell Nancy McLarry 7
Death of Isaac B. Desha, Canton, OH, 8-3-1826 Marianne_Vol_Researcher 1
Jack Desha & Mary Walton Broadwell SharonPalmer778 0
Robert DeSha Portland, Alabama D. Tuggle 15
De Sha Family zipster143 0
Robert DESHA - 1800 TN land documents billinaiken 1
De Sha Descendents zipster143 3
Deshas in Texas L Willis 1
joseph g. desha phyllis bridwell 18
Mary Howell Bunton Chris Shuford 0
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