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The mcguffey Surname

mcguffey Name Meaning and History

  1. Anglicized form of the Gaelic patronymic Mac Dhubhthaigh or Mac Dhuibhshíthe (see Duffy).
  2. Scottish: according to Black this may be a variant of McGuffog, which may represent Gaelic Mac Dhabhoig, a patronymic from Davuc, a pet form of David.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of mcguffey Families in the US in 1920
Number of mcguffey families
 9-15
 4-8		 1-3
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Threads: 48 - Messages: 140
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James Washington McGuffey b. 1877 Tennessee Jennifer_Dorner 0
John McGuffey md. Elizabeth Sworden cwatson_1 3
Alexander McGuffey-b. Belfast bpwrightwv 0
A New Board Administrator for McGuffey Peter_McCrae 0
MCGUFFEY BROKEN BOW NEBRASKA IDABOURQUIN57 2
Nelson McGuffey / Henry McGuffey Lora 2
MCGUFFEY FAMILY IDA MCGUFFEY-BOURQUIN 0
McGuffeys Ky . parsonny99 4
Bernadette C. McGuffey Judi Antonson 2
MABEL MCGUFFEY-MCELROY IDA MCGUFFEY-BOURQUIN 0
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