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grizzle Name Meaning and History

Americanized form of French and Swiss French Grisel or Grizel, derivatives of Gris, from Old French gris ‘gray’, hence a nickname for a man with gray hair, a gray complexion, or who habitually wore gray.

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

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Distribution of grizzle Families in the US in 1920
Number of grizzle families
 36-69
 13-35		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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GRIZZLE_James_.JPG t42JohnsonStation 1
Elizabeth Jane GREEN/GRAY granddaughter of Abigail GRIZZLE YellowOtter 4
Grizzle's Lumpkin Co. GA Linda Grizzle Carroll 23
Grizzle / Green (e) ,Tucaloosa Co.,Al. circa 1840 elkville 4
Mary Caroline Grizzle Hardwick-Greene Co., IL millerlutz4 11
William and Elizabeth Grizzle,Hamilton Cnty, TN mid 1800's grizzle1953_1 8
Jesse Grizzle/Julia Hall lauriewilson 2
Edith GRIZZLE's parents JKREMIN 2
Eliza GRIZZLE-Tennessee JeanLinhart28 4
Asa Grizzle's parents djsrunyon 1
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