Collingwood Family History
Collingwood Name Meaning
English: habitational name, probably from Collingwood in
Staffordshire, although the surname is now more common on
Tyneside. The place name arose from a wood the ownership of which was
disputed (from Middle English calenge ‘dispute’,
‘challenge’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Collingwood
Name Distribution of Collingwood Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Collingwood families
 179 - 355  60 - 178 |
 1 - 59  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Collingwood families
|
22 - 42 8 - 21 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Collingwood Family Origin
Collingwood Emigration Information (US)
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Collingwood Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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