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Mayo Family History
Mayo Genealogy & Family TreeMayo is an English name from Cornwall, England, where the family was granted lands for their assistance in the Battle of Hastings. It referred to those from Mayeux, Normandy. The earliest known ancestor--Geoffrey Mahou--was recorded in 1240. The family motto is A cruce salus which means "Salvation from the cross."
Other spellings include "Mayow," "Mayho," and "Mayhow." Notable people with the surname include American physician Charles Mayo (founder of the Mayo Clinic), American surgeon William Mayo (co-founder of the Mayo Clinic), and American actress Virginia Mayo (White Heat, The Best Years of Our Lives, Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.). The first Mayo to come to America was John Mayo in Massachusetts in 1632.
Mayo Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Mary Mayo -- --, 1779 December 0, 1844 Virginia
- Daniel Mayo -- --, 1733 February 23, 1761 Virginia
- Rebecca Mayo -- --, 1735 December 0, 1762 Virginia
- Hester Mayo -- --, 1718 December 0, 1723 Virginia
- William Mayo -- --, 1754 October 21, 1804 Virginia
Mayo Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Elbert Mayo -- --, 1903 Alabama
- Phillip Mayo -- --, 1793 March 21, 1857 Virginia
- Edmund Mayo -- --, 1795 April 16, 1797 New Hampshire
- Samuel Mayo -- --, 1647 December 0, 1666
- William Mayo -- --, 1654 July 8, 1727 England
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