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The hendy Surname

hendy Name Meaning and History

English (mainly West Country): nickname for a pleasant and affable man, from Middle English hende ‘courteous’, ‘kind’, ‘gentle’. Hendy was also sometimes used as a personal name in the Middle Ages and some examples of the surname may derive from this rather than from the nickname. The surname is also found in Ireland.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hendy family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of hendy Families in the US in 1920
Number of hendy families
 15-28
 6-14		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 33 - Messages: 105
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hendy dove13au 0
help please dove13au 33
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william hendy dove13au 2
laura hendy dove13au 0
Joseph Hendy from New York born 1812 BrianEmmerich 1
hendy 1901 census dove13au 2
Mary Ann Hendy barbarahiggs 2
Charles Hendy 1863. IOW stephenhibberd 0
Hendy Riddett on Isle of Wight jdhollabaugh 1
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