The greathouse Surname

greathouse Name Meaning and History

North German and Dutch: Americanized form of Grothaus, habitational name from any of various farms so called, literally ‘big house’, in particular one in Westphalia.

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

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The greathouse name in History

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

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Distribution of greathouse Families in the US in 1920

Number of greathouse families

80-158

27-79

1-26

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Texas Greathouse	KJVanBo	2
Houston and Hurricane Ike	rivang	0
Lynn Greathouse of Fort Worth, TX 1917	drbrownlee	0
William H. Greathouse 1876-1944 & wife Alice M.	Carol Greathouse	5
Help with Greathouse Adoption	logsdon41	1
Mary Ellen Greathouse, Wmsn Co., IL	Roberta Griffiths	2
Eli Sibbitt or Eli Greathouse	AUBIE4444	5
Sarah Jane Greathouse	sherrywoods14	12
Silas & Mary Catherine Greathouse	Terri J. Cook	12
Lindsey & Lucinda Greathouse	Jennifer White	2

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