Rue Family History
Rue Name Meaning
French: topographic name for someone who lived on a track or
pathway, Old French rue (Latin ruga ‘crease’,
‘fold’).English: variant of Rowe 1, from the Old English
byform r?w, or a habitational name from places in Devon and
Isle of Wight called Rew from this word.Norwegian:
habitational name from any of over fifteen farmsteads so named,
notably in Telemark, from Old Norse ruð ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rue
Name Distribution of Rue Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rue families
 40 - 77  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rue families
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15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rue families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rue census records
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Rue Family Origin
Rue Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Rue
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Rue Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Rue census records
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Rue Civil War Service Records
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