Tew Family History
Tew Name Meaning
Welsh: nickname for a fat man, from tew ‘plump’.English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire
(Great, Little and Duns Tew), named with an Old English
tiewe ‘row’, ‘ridge’. The surname has been established in
Ireland since the 16th century.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Tew
Name Distribution of Tew Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Tew families
 51 - 99  18 - 50 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Tew families
|
76 - 150 26 - 75 |
1 - 25 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Tew families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Tew census records
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Tew Family Origin
Tew Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Tew
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Tew Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Tew census records
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Tew Civil War Service Records
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