Bentham Family History
Bentham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example
in North Yorkshire and Gloucestershire, named Bentham, from Old
English beonet ‘bent grass’ + ham ‘homestead’ or
hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bentham
Name Distribution of Bentham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bentham families
 431 - 860  144 - 430 |
 1 - 143  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bentham families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bentham census records
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Bentham Family Origin
Bentham Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bentham Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Bentham families immigrated
to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Bentham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Bentham census records
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Military Service by Bentham
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