The freshwater Surname
freshwater Name Meaning and History
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a source of
clear drinking water, from Middle English fresch ‘fresh’, ‘not
salty’ (Old French freis, of Germanic origin). There is a place
of this name on the Isle of Wight (named from Old English fersc
‘fresh’ + wæter ‘water’), which may also be a source of the
surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Janet Freshwater |
 fejc11
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| Freshwater's in England |
rissabrianne
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| William Armstead Freshwater |
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| Missouri Freshwaters |
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| Freshwater Book | Carol Freshwater Manchester | 7 |
| Ben Freshwater family |
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| Rev. Jon Freshwater b. Dresden, Ohio |
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| 0 |
| Freshwaters in Epping, Essex |
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| 3 |
| Freshwater's from Surrey, UK |
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