The southgate Surname
southgate Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from a place in Norfolk, so named from Old English suð ‘south’ + geat ‘gate’; the village was situated near the southern entrance to a large enclosed medieval forest. The place of this name formerly in Middlesex, now part of Greater London, may also have constributed to the surname.
- topographic name for someone who lived near the south gate of a medieval walled city or other enclosed place.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Walter Samuel Southgate |
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| HELEN SOUTHGATE | mindy | 4 |
| WILLIAM SOUTHGATE | mindy | 6 |
| Southgate family, Stanton, Suffolk |
 ASpurdle
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| SOUTHGATE FAMILY IN SUFFOLK [Richard and Martha] | Pam Taylor | 13 |
| James Southgate born about 1803 Mistley Essex |
elbutler74
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| Southgate-England to Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada |
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| Earl Douglass Southgate | judy wishart | 4 |
| WALTER SOUTHGATE |
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| Southgates |
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