The northway Surname

northway Name Meaning and History

English: topographic name for someone living on the north side of a road, from Middle English north ‘north’ + weye ‘way’, ‘path’, ‘road’, or a habitational name from a minor place name of the same origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The northway name in History

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

northway Family Facts

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Distribution of northway Families in the US in 1920

Number of northway families

11-20

4-10

1-3

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Emily Northway & Charles Hutchins/ Lewis Hutchins	backtoavalon	6
pheobe northway	chris	2
Phoebe Northway	ChristineChartrand	0
John Northway married Christina Neilson	genesearch56	1
NORTHWAY, Charles, 4 Sep 1824-2 Feb 1906	ppriest	1
Northway of Devon	Terry Leaman	5
Northway	Howard Simpson	1
Mr. Carson	Nancy	14
Cora Alberta Northway md. James Abraham Thomas 1891 Cole County, MO	gmbagwell	0
NORTHWAY Grace May _1894-1918.JPG	t42FairlawnOKC	2

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