Släkthistoria för Skewes
Skewes Vad efternamn betyder
Cornish: habitational name from any of various minor places called with Cornish skaw ‘elder bush’ + the locative suffix -es notably Skewes in Crowan Cury and Saint Wenn or possibly with the loss of the initial syllable from Treskewes in either Stithians or Saint Keverne (all Cornwall). The forms Skuse and Scuse are now mainly found in the Bristol area.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
