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tweed Name Meaning and History

Northern English and Scottish: topographic name for someone living on the banks of the river Tweed, which flows between northeastern England and southeastern Scotland, and bears a British name of uncertain meaning.

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

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

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Distribution of tweed Families in the US in 1920
Number of tweed families
 25-47
 9-24		 1-8
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 75 - Messages: 224
ThreadAuthorReplies
Tveit Family from Haugesund, Norway Barbara Tweed Doerring 2
Tweed Paula Goddard Berge 4
Abner Grainger Tweed of NC adairdw 1
Tweed of Scotland coraiyo 0
TWEED English Record Index. clifjade 0
TWEED WILLLS YORKSHIRE clifjade 0
Yorkshire TWEED family Mark Andrew 6
Tweed Jeff Tweed 5
Tweed in Madison Co., NC kathyschaefer14 22
John Tweed (1810-1875) - New Castle Co., Delaware JasonWayneSmith 0
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