Drury Family History
- Drury Name Meaning
- English (Norman) and French: nickname from Old French druerie ‘love’, ‘friendship’, a derivative of dru ‘lover’, ‘friend’ (see Drew 3). In Middle English the word also had the concrete meanings ‘love affair’, ‘love token’, ‘sweetheart’. English (Norman) and French: from a Germanic personal name composed of Old High German triuwa ‘truth’, ‘trust’ + ric ‘power(ful)’. Irish (County Roscommon): English name adopted by bearers of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh ‘son of the druid’. Compare Drew 6.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
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Number of Drury families
 459 - 915  154 - 458 |
 1 - 153  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Drury families
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19 - 35 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Drury census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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