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The dewey Surname

dewey Name Meaning and History

  1. Welsh: from the personal name Dewi, Welsh form of David.
  2. Anglicized form of a French Huguenot name of uncertain form and origin. Traditionally it is recorded as Douai, from a place in northern France, but it could also be from Old Norman French du we(z) ‘of the ford’, from a variant of standard French gué ‘ford’.

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

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

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Distribution of dewey Families in the US in 1920
Number of dewey families
 192-382
 65-191		 1-64
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 342 - Messages: 937
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DEWEY, KING - England to Lockport New York to Birch Run Michigan Cindy 10
Douglas DEWEY and Louise WOOD LindaGargus 1
Grandson of Harry A. Dewey Brad D Watson 1
Joel & Joseph Dewey - Wyoming Co., PA > Wood Co., WV > IL DanHuddleston84 11
Adm. George Dewey Sarah Ann Dewey 7
Found old letters from Vermont reggie65 24
Franklin S. Dewey, Michigan, 1892 Aletta Holmes 1
Charles/Sylvester Alfred Dewey Deedra Mcnamara 2
Looking for Canadian Dewey's Tamara 23
Egbert Dewey Kellyw4jc 0
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