Chichester Family History
Chichester Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Chichester in Sussex,
probably named with the Old English personal name Cissa + Old
English ceaster ‘Roman fort’. (Cissa is attested as the
name of a historical person; it is of uncertain etymology.)
Alternatively, the first element may be an Old English word
cisse ‘gravelly feature’. adm The name is also established
in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Chichester
Name Distribution of Chichester Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Chichester families
 49 - 96  17 - 48 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Chichester families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Chichester census records
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Chichester Family Origin
Chichester Emigration Information (US)
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Chichester Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Chichester census records
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Military Service by Chichester
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