Rudge Family History
Rudge Name Meaning
topographic name from West Midland
Middle English rugge, a variant of rigge ‘ridge’, or a
habitational name from the village of Rudge in Shropshire, which is
named with this word.from a medieval personal name, a pet form of
Roger.nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy
complexion, from Old French r(o)uge ‘red’ (Latin
rubeus).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rudge
Name Distribution of Rudge Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rudge families
 204 - 406  69 - 203 |
 1 - 68  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rudge families
|
9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rudge census records
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Rudge Family Origin
Rudge Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Rudge Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Rudge
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