Clapham Family History
Clapham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called
Clapham, for example in Bedfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, and North
Yorkshire. The first three are named with Old English clopp(a)
‘lump’, ‘hillock’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm
‘enclosure hemmed in by water’, while the Yorkshire place name is
formed with an Old English word clæpe ‘noisy stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Clapham
Name Distribution of Clapham Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Clapham families
 610 - 1,217  204 - 609 |
 1 - 203  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Clapham families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Clapham census records
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Clapham Family Origin
Clapham Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Clapham Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Clapham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Clapham census records
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Military Service by Clapham
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