Frew Family History
Frew Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the Fords of Frew, a fortified
site on the Forth river, probably so called from a British element
frwd ‘current’, ‘stream’. This place was the lowest
crossing point on the river Forth, and so an important strategic
location in the Middle Ages.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Frew
Name Distribution of Frew Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Frew families
 20 - 37  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Frew families
|
302 - 601 101 - 301 |
1 - 100 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Frew census records
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Frew Family Origin
Frew Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Frew Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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