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The carruthers Surname

carruthers Name Meaning and History

Scottish: habitational name from a place near Ecclefechan in Dumfries, locally pronounced ‘kridders’. The name is first recorded in 1334 in the form Carrothres, and then more clearly in c.1350 as Caer Ruther, and derives from British caer ‘fort’ + a personal name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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carruthers Family Facts

Distribution of carruthers Families in the US in 1920
Number of carruthers families
 27-52
 10-26		 1-9
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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