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hawthorne Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a bush or hedge of hawthorn (Old English haguþorn, hægþorn, i.e. thorn used for making hedges and enclosures, Old English haga, (ge)hæg), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Hawthorn in County Durham. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling is now found primarily in northern Ireland.

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

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

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Distribution of hawthorne Families in the US in 1920
Number of hawthorne families
 89-175
 30-88		 1-29
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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