Chatham Family History
Chatham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Chatham in Kent or possibly from
Chatham Green in Essex, both named from Celtic ced ‘wood’
(modern Welsh coed) + Old English ham ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chatham
Name Distribution of Chatham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chatham families
 80 - 158  27 - 79 |
 1 - 26  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Chatham families
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11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chatham census records
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Chatham Family Origin
Chatham Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Chatham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Chatham
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