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Surname Etymology and Meaning of ROWNTREE

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Rowan-tree, the mountain-ash, so named from that kind of tree growing near the premises.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

English: variant spelling of Rountree.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)