The sowerby Surname
sowerby Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of various places in northern
England named with the Old Norse elements saurr ‘mud’,
‘excrement’ + býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Sowerby - Joseph - born 1874 -North Riding |
 hpkath
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| Adelaide Sowerby in North Lincolnshire |
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| Tracing lost family |
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| SOWERBY JOHN |
jimaur
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| Sowerby Family San Joaquin Co. CA. | Ronald James | 1 |
| Ralph Sowerby & Family |
karen13800
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| Kansas Sowerbys | Garry F Bell | 2 |
| My Sowerby Past |
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| John Sowerby and Ann Walker |
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