Corbett Family History
Corbett Name Meaning
English (Shropshire; of Norman origin): nickname meaning
‘little crow’, ‘raven’, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English
corbet, a diminutive of corb, alluding probably to
someone with dark hair or a dark complexion. adm The name was taken
from Shropshire to Scotland in the 12th century and to northern
Ireland in the 17th century, and thence to North America by one group
of bearers of the name.Irish: see Corban.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Corbett
Name Distribution of Corbett Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Corbett families
 343 - 684  115 - 342 |
 1 - 114  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Corbett families
|
145 - 287 49 - 144 |
1 - 48 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Corbett census records
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Corbett Family Origin
Corbett Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Corbett Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Corbett Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Corbett census records
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Military Service by Corbett
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