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pettigrew Name Meaning and History

Scottish (of Norman origin): probably a nickname for a small man, from Old French petit ‘little’, ‘small’ + cru ‘growth’ (past participle of creistre ‘to grow, increase’). Another possible explanation is that it is a nickname for a man with long thin legs, from Old French pie de grue ‘crane’s foot’. The surname is also established in Ireland, having been taken there first by Scottish settlers, and then also by Huguenots who went to County Tyrone in the 17th century.

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Distribution of pettigrew Families in the US in 1920
Number of pettigrew families
 36-69
 13-35		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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William Pettigrew b. SC married to Sally Rutherford b. Va around 1882 joann_cosgrove 2
Pettigrews/Georgia mparke300 0
Help needed from Pettigrew Researchers Kfurballkell 11
John Neel Pettigrew---Ark,Texas msands5895 3
Pettigrew's in Virginia peppergrl542 4
The name Petticrew Margaret Petticrew 5
Israel Delano Pettigrew VLPARR 20
Annie Lee Pettigrew kimgonsalves 1
Hance Pettigrew from NC TedPettigrew 3
John Pettigrew m. Elizabeth Robinson, Scotland Bonnie Pettigrew Rossi 10
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