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Hello. My surname is Ardrey. My family immigrated to USA from Co. Tyrone, Ireland. 1. People who took census spelled names back then by writing what that person thought it sounded like when they did a census or some other record, so the same name will have multiple variations of spelling. 2. My dad once said that everyone who was an Ardrey was related. Airdrie is almost an exact phonetic spelling of the way my name is pronounced. 3. I have a genealogy of my family back to approximate time of American Revolutionary War, back in Ireland to now. I would have to find my records to tell you, but I wonder if some of those mentioned names are my ancestors. I have found variations of my name in several Irish counties. 4. There was a lot of migration back and forth between Scotland and Ireland. I also majored in history in college.  I hope some this is helpful information.