Armstrong Family History
Armstrong Name Meaning
English (common in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders):
Middle English nickname for someone who was strong in the arm.Irish: adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó
Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O’Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir,
literally ‘son of the strong man’, both from Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Armstrong Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Armstrong families
 2,109 - 4,215  704 - 2,108 |
 1 - 703  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Armstrong families
|
604 - 1,206 202 - 603 |
1 - 201 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Armstrong Family Origin
Armstrong Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Armstrong Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Armstrong Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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