Dame Family History
Dame Name Meaning
English and French: from Old French dame ‘lady’ (Latin
domina ‘mistress’), originally a nickname for a foppish man or
a title of respect for a widow. It may also have been a metonymic
occupational name for someone in the service of a lady.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dame
Name Distribution of Dame Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dame families
 12 - 22  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dame families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dame census records
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Dame Family Origin
Dame Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Dame families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Dame Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Dame census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Dame ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Dame
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