Constable Family History
Constable Name Meaning
English: occupational name for the law-enforcement officer of a
parish, from Middle English, Old French conestable,
cunestable, from Late Latin comes stabuli ‘officer of the stable’. The title was also borne by various
other officials during the Middle Ages, including the chief officer of
the household (and army) of a medieval ruler, and this may in some
cases be the source of the surname.Americanized spelling
of Dutch Constapel, an occupational name for the chief gunner
aboard a ship or in the garrison of a fort. CG.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Constable
Name Distribution of Constable Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Constable families
 292 - 582  98 - 291 |
 1 - 97  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Constable families
|
56 - 110 19 - 55 |
1 - 18 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Constable census records
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Constable Family Origin
Constable Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Constable Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Constable census records
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Military Service by Constable
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