Dorsey Family History
Dorsey Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name, with the preposition
d(e), from Orsay in Seine-et-Orne, France, recorded in the 13th
century as Orceiacum, from the Latin personal name
Orcius + the locative suffix -acum.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dorsey
Name Distribution of Dorsey Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dorsey families
 44 - 85  15 - 43 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dorsey families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dorsey census records
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Dorsey Family Origin
Dorsey Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Dorsey Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Dorsey census records
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Military Service by Dorsey
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