Bristow Family History
Bristow Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Bristol, named in Old
English with brycg ‘bridge’ + stow ‘assembly
place’. The final -l of the modern form is due to a regional
pronunciation.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bristow
Name Distribution of Bristow Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bristow families
 451 - 900  151 - 450 |
 1 - 150  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bristow families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bristow census records
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Bristow Family Origin
Bristow Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bristow Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Bristow Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Bristow census records
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Military Service by Bristow
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