The army Surname

army Name Meaning and History

Probably an Americanized form of French Armée, literally ‘armed’, hence a byname for a soldier or guard.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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army Family Facts

Distribution of army Families in the US in 1920

Number of army families

14-25

5-13

1-4

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Army's from Woods Hole Mass.	P. Cooper	0
Obit: James Milton ARMY d. 1998 Placitas, New Mexico	NMFireHorse	0
Army ancestry	Dena	1
Info on Stella Army	Dena Brock	3

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