Bridgewater Family History
Bridgewater Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Bridgwater in Somerset; the water
which the bridge at Bridgwater crosses is the Parrett river, but the
place name actually derives from Brigewaltier, i.e. ‘Walter’s
bridge’, after Walter de Dowai, the 12th-century owner.
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Name Distribution of Bridgewater Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bridgewater families
 56 - 110  19 - 55 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bridgewater Family Origin
Bridgewater Emigration Information (US)
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Bridgewater Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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