Doughty Family History
Doughty Name Meaning
English and Scottish (also established in Ireland, especially
Dublin): nickname for a powerful or brave man, especially a champion
jouster, from Middle English doughty, Old English
dohtig, dyhtig ‘valiant’, ‘strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Doughty
Name Distribution of Doughty Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Doughty families
 333 - 664  112 - 332 |
 1 - 111  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Doughty families
|
18 - 34 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Doughty census records
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Doughty Family Origin
Doughty Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Doughty Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Doughty census records
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Military Service by Doughty
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