Broughton Family History
Broughton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts
of England called Broughton. The first element is variously Old
English broc ‘brook’, burh ‘fortress’, or
beorg ‘hill’, ‘mound’; the second is in all cases Old English
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Broughton
Name Distribution of Broughton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Broughton families
 597 - 1,191  200 - 596 |
 1 - 199  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Broughton families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Broughton census records
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Broughton Family Origin
Broughton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Broughton Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Broughton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Broughton census records
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Military Service by Broughton
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