Drinkwater Family History
Drinkwater Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English drink +
water. In the Middle Ages weak ale was the universal beverage
among the poorer classes, and so cheap as to be drunk like water,
whereas water itself was only doubtfully potable. The surname was
perhaps a joking nickname given to a pauper or miser allegedly unable
or unwilling to afford beer, or may have been given in irony to an
innkeeper or a noted tippler. Compare French Boileau, German
Trinkwasser.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Drinkwater
Name Distribution of Drinkwater Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Drinkwater families
 384 - 765  129 - 383 |
 1 - 128  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Drinkwater families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Drinkwater census records
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Drinkwater Family Origin
Drinkwater Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Drinkwater Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Drinkwater Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Drinkwater census records
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Military Service by Drinkwater
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