Champion Family History
Champion Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: status name for a
professional champion, especially an agent employed to represent one
of the parties in a trial by combat, a method of settling disputes
current in the Middle Ages. The word comes from Old French
champion, campion (Late Latin campio, genitive
campionis, a derivative of campus ‘plain’, ‘field of
battle’). Compare Campion, Kemp.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
540,109
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Champion
Name Distribution of Champion Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Champion families
 364 - 726  122 - 363 |
 1 - 121  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Champion families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Champion census records
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Champion Family Origin
Champion Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Champion Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Champion families immigrated
to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Champion Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Champion census records
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Military Service by Champion
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