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pettit Name Meaning and History

English (especially southeastern): variant spelling of Petit.

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

Distribution of pettit Families in the US in 1920
Number of pettit families
 149-295
 50-148		 1-49
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 503 - Messages: 1352
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Jacob Pettit & Lydia Livermore markjmcvey 0
Pettit's in Illinois Richard Pettit 4
Sarah Ann Pettit ,of Mo Zelma Taylor 6
deadend gabe_loggins 9
Pettit families in Dalham and Wickhambrooke, Suffolk, England byukid 3
Pettit,Jonas b;1743 Phyllis Hund 6
John Pettit born in Indiana lived in Iowa Aaron Blake 3
Obit; Ira W. Pettit 1916-2OO8 woodsman1953 0
Gertrude Pettit of San Marcos, TX 1917 drbrownlee 0
Gussie Pettit of Virginia Karen Amarillas 4
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