Drinkwater Family History
Drinkwater Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English drink +
water. In the Middle Ages weak ale was the universal beverage
among the poorer classes, and so cheap as to be drunk like water,
whereas water itself was only doubtfully potable. The surname was
perhaps a joking nickname given to a pauper or miser allegedly unable
or unwilling to afford beer, or may have been given in irony to an
innkeeper or a noted tippler. Compare French Boileau, German
Trinkwasser.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Drinkwater
Name Distribution of Drinkwater Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Drinkwater families
 34 - 66  12 - 33 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Drinkwater families
|
384 - 765 129 - 383 |
1 - 128 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Drinkwater families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Drinkwater Family Origin
Drinkwater Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Drinkwater
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Drinkwater Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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