Buffalo Family History
Buffalo Name Meaning
Origin unidentified; possibly am American nickname from
buffalo (the animal), perhaps denoting a large, powerfully
built man. pwh. No evidence in IGI that the name is Italian, as
previously suggested.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Buffalo
Name Distribution of Buffalo Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Buffalo census records
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While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
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Buffalo Family Origin
Buffalo Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Buffalo families immigrated
to the United States.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Buffalo Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Buffalo census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Buffalo ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Buffalo
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