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doncaster Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, named from the river name Don (a Celtic name meaning ‘water’, ‘river’) + Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of doncaster Families in the US in 1920
Number of doncaster families
 7-11
 3-6		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 6 - Messages: 9
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Raphael DONCASTER tlpassey 1
Sarah Doncaster - Weston Notts vickijw 0
Mary Ann DONCASTER born Abt 1821 England GeorgeJeffs49 1
George Doncaster/England GeorgeJeffs49 1
Bentley Flour Mill, Finkle Street, Bentley cum Arksey patfamily37 0
Doncaster,England-Canada GeorgeJeffs49 0
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