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webster Name Meaning and History

English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, early Middle English webber, agent derivative of Webb.

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webster Family Facts

Distribution of webster Families in the US in 1920
Number of webster families
 540-1077
 181-539
 1-180
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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