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Foxlow Family History

Foxlow Surname Meaning

From Foxlow Farm in Hartington (Derbys), which is recorded as Foxlawe in 124. The place-name derives from Old English fox ‘fox’ + halh ‘nook corner’.

A possible second source is Foxlow in Marple (Cheshire), recorded as Foxlowe meadow in 1849, which could be the origin of the medieval bearers in Cheshire cited below.

If so, it has the same etymology as the Derbys place-name.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Foxlow families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Foxlow family name was found in the UK in 1891. In 1891 there were 14 Foxlow families living in Lancashire. This was about 58% of all the recorded Foxlow's in United Kingdom. Lancashire had the highest population of Foxlow families in 1891.
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What did your Foxlow ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Foxlow. 100% of Foxlow women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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There are 23 immigration records available for the last name Foxlow. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 93 military records available for the last name Foxlow. For the veterans among your Foxlow ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Average Foxlow life expectancy in 1985 was 95 years. This was higher than the general public life expectancy which was 73.

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