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memory Name Meaning and History

Altered form of English Mowbray, altered by folk etymology to resemble the English vocabulary word memory.

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

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

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Distribution of memory Families in the US in 1920
Number of memory families
 7-12
 3-6		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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