Colvin Family History
Colvin Name Meaning
Scottish and English: variant of Colville, probably
reflecting a local pronunciation.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Colvin
Name Distribution of Colvin Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Colvin families
 68 - 133  23 - 67 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Colvin families
|
99 - 196 34 - 98 |
1 - 33 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Colvin census records
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Colvin Family Origin
Colvin Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Colvin Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Colvin census records
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Military Service by Colvin
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