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chatham Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Chatham in Kent or possibly from Chatham Green in Essex, both named from Celtic ced ‘wood’ (modern Welsh coed) + Old English ham ‘homestead’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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chatham Family Facts

Distribution of chatham Families in the US in 1920
Number of chatham families
 40-77
 14-39		 1-13
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 94 - Messages: 214
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CHATHAM Robert L and Mallie S t42Moore 0
CHATHAM Marvin L 1941-1979 t42Moore 0
CHATHAM Frankie Juanita 1920-1960 t42Moore 0
Help in locating Chatham Family Amanda Cole 3
Placing Your Chatham Family osobear57 0
The Chatham Family cindy crawford 3
Thomas Sumter Chatham Erica Christensen 2
Elizabeth Chatham David Day 16
Louis Clyde Chatham stella1907 1
Annie Myrtle Chatham sgt3421 1
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