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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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Tew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
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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.
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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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