Ash Family History
Ash Name Meaning
English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old
English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by
an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in
southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset,
Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and
elsewhere).In New England, Ash is commonly found for
French Dufresne, with the same meaning.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): from an acronym for Yiddish AltSHul (see
Altschul) or AyznSHtot (see Eisenstadt).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ash
Name Distribution of Ash Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ash families
 485 - 968  162 - 484 |
 1 - 161  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ash families
|
15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ash census records
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Ash Family Origin
Ash Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Ash Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Ash Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Ash census records
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Military Service by Ash
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