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posey Name Meaning and History

Possibly an altered spelling of German Pose (or Poser 2), a habitational name from Posa or Poserna, south of Merseburg, or a topographic name from Middle Low German pose ‘lump’, ‘pile’ (from which the place names may also derive).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of posey Families in the US in 1920
Number of posey families
 124-246
 42-123		 1-41
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Posey Marriage Record thefridays 3
Posey Warrenville SC marieregina1 7
Pickens B. Posey narcissa1859 7
Barbara Posey/James Cook South Carolina Rebecca4853 1
POSEY in GA and SC Cheryl Hemingway 5
Family photo of Mark Wayne Posey of Johnston, SC ShaunR72 4
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