Bristol Family History
Bristol Name Meaning
English: variant of Bristow, respelled to conform to the
spelling of the modern place name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bristol
Name Distribution of Bristol Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bristol families
 35 - 67  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Bristol last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bristol census records
You can see how Bristol families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Bristol Family Origin
Bristol Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Bristol families immigrated
to the United States.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bristol Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Bristol census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Bristol ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Bristol
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