Straw Family History
Straw Name Meaning
English (chiefly Nottinghamshire): from Old English
streaw, hence a metonymic occupational name for a dealer in
straw, or a nickname for an exceptionally thin man or someone with
straw-colored hair.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Straw
Name Distribution of Straw Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Straw families
 208 - 413  70 - 207 |
 1 - 69  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Straw families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Straw census records
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Straw Family Origin
Straw Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Straw Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Straw census records
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Military Service by Straw
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