The drysdale Surname

drysdale Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name from Dryfesdale near Dumfries, named from the river Dryfe + Old English dæl ‘valley’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Learn the meaning and history of your first name

Share this page with friends and family

The drysdale name in History

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

drysdale Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

Are you a Facebook user? Add drysdale family facts to your Facebook profile.

Distribution of drysdale Families in the US in 1920

Number of drysdale families

20-38

7-19

1-6

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view drysdale census records

Year

How is this helpful?

You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for drysdale records.
You can see how drysdale families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.

Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
Click here to search drysdale census records.

More resources for your drysdale family history

Drysdale message board

Subscribe to RSS

Begin New Thread

Threads: 81 - Messages: 261

Thread	Author	Replies
Jane Drysdale	Amanda	6
Sir Matthew Drysdale	stewartwarrilow	2
SCOTLAND	Thomas	10
Wm Drysdale d 1888	candylynetteammons	1
James A Drysdale	derekdrysdale	0
Drysdale history	Lenore Mann	6
George Drysdale	kbrown02	9
DRYSDALE from Edinburgh area to Illinois & MORTON	lfosterkrupp1	1
John J Drysdale	pjwarren94	0
Reuben Drysdale another Son	shortie303	0

Viewing 1-10 of 81 | Go to the full board

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:

Member Connections

Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the drysdale last name.
Search for Ancestry members researching one of your specific ancestors.
Create or update your own Ancestry member profile so that other members can anonymously contact you.

More Tools and Resources

Search Ancestry.com for all of your drysdale ancestors.
Create and publish your own family history book using Ancestry Press.
Learn more about your family history using DNA Ancestry.
Learn more about family history in the Ancestry Learning Center.
Visit the Ancestry.com homepage.

Member Login

Username	Password (Forgot?)