dau.

Writing & Everyday abbreviation · Genealogy

dau.
Stands forDaughter
CategoriesWriting & Everyday

dau. stands for Daughter, a genealogy abbreviation.

Abbreviates "daughter" in genealogies, wills, census transcriptions and peerage reference works, as in "dau. of John Smith."

Example: Mary Ann Cole, dau. of Henry and Jane Cole, m. 1850 Thomas Bright.

Usage notes

Census returns list each person's relationship to the head of household, with entries such as dau., son, wife and serv. (servant). Peerage works such as Burke's use "dau." and "s." constantly. Variants include dtr. and simply d., which can be confused with "died."

More genealogy abbreviations

  • bur. – Buried
  • cem. – Cemetery
  • chr. – Christened
  • d. – Died
  • d.s.p. – Decessit sine prole (died without issue)
  • d.v.p. – Decessit vita patris (died in the father's lifetime)
  • dec'd – Deceased
  • do. – Ditto
  • exr. – Executor
  • GEDCOM – Genealogical Data Communication
  • GGF – Great-grandfather
  • inf. – Infant

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