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history and diaspora
The Toovey family seems to hail from the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire in England. Members of the family have been recorded as living there as early as the 16th century.
earliest identified patrilineal ancestor (so far): Sampson Toovey
Some of the English settlements in which family members have lived are:
- Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire
- Aldbury, Hertfordshire
- Grimsfeild, Oxfordshire (which does not seem to exist anymore)
- Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
- Watford, Hertfordshire
- Watlington, Oxfordshire (if the family had a seat, it was probably here; a source is quoted at http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63826 as citing that Watlington had for "ages past been the habitation of the Tooveys")
Outside of England, family members have been found in the following countries so far:
In Canada, family members are mostly concentrated in these provinces and territories:
In the United States, family members are mostly concentrated in these states: