The trefethen Surname

trefethen Name Meaning and History

Altered spelling of Cornish Trevethan.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The trefethen name in History

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

trefethen Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of trefethen Families in the US in 1920

Number of trefethen families

20-37

7-19

1-6

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Thread	Author	Replies
Trefethen web site	Grace_Cubbage	0
Trefethren/Starling	Nicole Starling Carlon	2
Laura McGrath married to Charles T. & Fred F. Trefethen late 1800's	macmaghol	0
Fred Trefethen & Laura McGrath	macmaghol	0
Trefethens	Suzy Hall Trefethen	15
Trefethen/Trefren Web site	imtuhan	22
Deborah Trefethen/Trefethren married 1822 Kittery,Maine	gail_veve	3
Sampson Trefethen	PattiGoke	0
Trefethen from Portsmouth,N.H.	John R Muder	3
Trefethen site moved!	jedh1	0

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