The sainsbury Surname
sainsbury Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Saintbury in Gloucestershire,
recorded in the 12th century as Seynesbury. The place name is
probably from the genitive case of the Old English personal name
S?wine (composed of the elements s? ‘sea’ +
wine ‘friend’) + Old English burh ‘castle’, ‘fortified
town’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Robert Brewster & Sarah Simonds Gloucester |
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