Charleston Family History
Charleston Name Meaning
English: patronymic (with intrusive -t-) from the personal
name Charles. The various places called Charleston are all of
recent origin, so they are unlikely to be the source of the
surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Charleston
Name Distribution of Charleston Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Charleston families
 40 - 78  14 - 39 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Charleston families
|
15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Charleston census records
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Charleston Family Origin
Charleston Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Charleston Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Charleston census records
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Military Service by Charleston
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