The townsend Surname

townsend Name Meaning and History

English: topographic name for someone who lived at the extremity of a village, from Middle English toun ‘village’, ‘settlement’ + ende ‘end’.

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

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townsend Family Facts

Distribution of townsend Families in the US in 1920

Number of townsend families

506-1010

169-505

1-168

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 1383 - Messages: 3235

Thread	Author	Replies
Townsend Family	roberttownsend93	13
TOWNSEND George H and Gladys D	t42Moore	0
TOWNSEND Geraldine Gerry 1930-	t42Moore	0
Death of Henry C. Townsend	maryachtrh	1
Townsend- Estill Co., KY (1790's+) and VA before?	Aleita Huguenin	71
Townsends of Edmonton Alberta Canada	Bunnie Klassen	0
TOWNSEND Genevieve and William V	t42Moore	0
TOWNSEND Catherine M 1922-1990	t42Moore	0
Jane Townsend - Athens Ohio	byrona19	12
Vauhgn/Towsend, Meigs & Vinton Cos., Ohio	Polly L. Rizer	6

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