Canterbury Family History
Canterbury Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Canterbury in Kent, named in Old
English as Cantwaraburg ‘fortified town (burgh) of the
people (wara) of Kent’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Canterbury
Name Distribution of Canterbury Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Canterbury families
 18 - 33  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Canterbury census records
You can see how Canterbury families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Canterbury Family Origin
Canterbury Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Canterbury 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
Canterbury Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Canterbury families immigrated
to Australia.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
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 Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Canterbury Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Canterbury census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Canterbury ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Canterbury
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