Last name: DAWSON
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DAWSON : This last name is indexed 588,777 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
DAWSON : Said to be a corruption of the Nor. Fr. D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy. Camden, however, thinks it a contraction of Davison, the son of David, which is the more probable derivation.
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