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The osborne Surname

osborne Name Meaning and History

English: from the Old Norse personal name Ásbjorn, composed of the elements ás ‘god’ + björn ‘bear’. This was established in England before the Conquest, in the late Old English form Osbern, and was later reinforced by Norman Osbern. The surname Osborne has also been widely established in Ireland since the 16th century.

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 osborne family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of osborne Families in the US in 1920
Number of osborne families
 338-673
 113-337		 1-112
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Osborne Family of Erie, IL and Chandler, OK JMogren 0
Osborne Fam Adrion Osborne 54
Phoebe Osborne Elam Mary Elam 0
John Osborne of VA Sally McClenaghan 11
Lillie Ruth Osborne TheresaKhairi 0
Solomon "Socks" Osborne & Ceberry Arms snowcone05 1
Mary Ann "Polly" Osborne and Joel Stewart BeulahHarris 8
james harrison osborne in alabama carolfromga 1
Death in MT 1866- Pat OSBORNE, earlier from CA danderup 0
Frank H. Osobrne, Cora Munnis Osborne, MA Edythe Heilner 11
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