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poindexter Name Meaning and History

English: nickname from Old French poing destre ‘right fist’. This name is particularly associated with Huguenot refugees who fled from France to England, and from there to VA.

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

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

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Distribution of poindexter Families in the US in 1920
Number of poindexter families
 128-254
 43-127		 1-42
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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