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The erie Surname

erie Name Meaning and History

Origin uncertain. It may be derived from the place name Erie, the name of one of the Great Lakes and various counties and townships on its southern shores. The etymology is from the name of an American Indian people who lived there before the arrival of Europeans, and indeed the surname may denote a member of this people. Their name is said to mean ‘cat’ or ‘cat people’.

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

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

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Distribution of erie Families in the US in 1920
Number of erie families
 14-25
 5-13		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 5 - Messages: 19
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GIDEON DRAPER, b. 28 Jan 1769, NY, d. 31 Aug 1850, Newstead Twp., Erie County, NY, m. 1831 LORENA S. HODGES (ancestral report and census records) Jacqueline4242 4
New Here! Mary Erie 10
looking for information on Helen Erie cheryl townsend 0
Hipkiss mygenealogy2004 0
George L. Howard rlcarter6 0
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