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woodburn Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name from places named Woodburn in Ayrshire, Kincardineshire, and Midlothian, and in Northumberland, all named from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + burna ‘stream’, i.e. a stream flowing through a wood.

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Distribution of woodburn Families in the US in 1920
Number of woodburn families
 37-71
 13-36		 1-12
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Threads: 72 - Messages: 201
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WOODBURNS in 1810 Wshington Co Pa Census edbickham 2
Re: Robert Woodburrn and wife Margaret Wasson/Wason of Antrim debrobbins55 7
Woodburn's of Guernsey County, Ohio Georganna Hutchins 4
Alexander Woodburn - 1802 Tom Jenkins 7
the name Rodney L. Woodburn 2
Thomas Woodburn, Lanarkshire Gail McCracken 3
Woodburns ahedghes 3
OBIT: Daisy Matthews Woodburn arnolaa 0
Woodburn originating Wicklow, Ireland @@burdekin@westserv.net.au 2
Woodburns and Boohers, Tyler County, WV Kathy Booher 0
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