DUKE Family

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Duke Name Meaning

English and Irish: from Middle English duk(e) ‘duke’ (from Old French duc, from Latin dux, genitive ducis ‘leader’), applied as an occupational name for someone who worked in the household of a duke, or as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces. English and Irish: possibly also from the personal name Duke, a short form of Marmaduke, a personal name said to be from Irish mael Maedoc ‘devotee (mael, maol ‘bald’, ‘tonsured one’) of Maedoc’, a personal name (M’Aodhóg) meaning ‘my little Aodh’, borne by various early Irish saints, in particular a 6th-century abbot of Clonmore and a 7th-century bishop of Ferns. Scottish: compare the old Danish personal name Duk (Old Norse Dukr). In some cases, possibly an Americanized form of French Leduc or Spanish Duque. Possibly an Americanized spelling of Polish Duk, a nickname from dukac ‘to stammer or falter’.
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References date back to the late Twelfth century, with Herbert le Duc, a member of the Knights Templar, using the Gallicized version of the name. From 1190–1191, Roger le Duc was Sheriff of London, and three generations of his family succeeded him in this office. The Pipe rolls for Berkshire refer to Adam Duke in the year 1198, and in 1214 one Henry Dukes is recorded in the Curia Regis rolls for Warwickshire
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	DUKE, (George) Washington [1820-1905] – American industrialist, philanthropist DUKE73 11C6 wiki:

This is my working list of candidates to include -- I'm not yet sure if they are related to me! As candidates are eliminated (proven not related) they are marked appropriately (THUS) and an explanation included. They are kept in the list in case future research proves they can be included. (And to keep them from popping up on the list again!) Never discard good research!

Proven candidates' names are marked with an asterisk (*) until they can be added to the database.

DUKE, Angier Biddle [1915-1995] American diplomat DUKE, Anna Marie "Patty" [b.1946] American actress DUKE, Basil W. [1838-1916] American politician DUKE, Benjamin Newton [1855-1929] American tobacco industrialist & philanthropist DUKE, Charles [b.1935] American astronaut DUKE, David Ernest [b.1950] American politician DUKE, Doris [1912-1993] American heiress and philanthropist DUKE, Erica [] American actress DUKE, Florimond DuS. [1956] American state (NH) politician

DUKE, J. M. [1884] American diplomat DUKE, James Buchanan [1856–1925] American entrepreneur and philanthropist DUKE, Michael T. [b.1949] American businessman (Wal-Mart) DUKE, Richard Thomas Walker [1822-1898] American politician DUKE, Robin Chandler [b.1923] American diplomat DUKE, Vernon [1903-1969] American composer born Dukelsky DUKE, Walter Edwin [2012] American state (WV) politician DUKE, (George) Washington [1820-1905] American entrepreneur DUKE, William jr [1924] American state (NY) politician

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