Darlington Family History
Darlington Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Darlington in County Durham,
recorded in c.1009 as Dearthingtun, from Old English
Deorno{dh}ingtun ‘settlement (Old English
tun) associated with Deorno{dh}’, a personal
name composed of the elements deor ‘dear’ + no{dh}
‘daring’. The surname was present in Scotland from an early
period.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Darlington
Name Distribution of Darlington Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Darlington families
 369 - 735  124 - 368 |
 1 - 123  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Darlington families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Darlington census records
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Darlington Family Origin
Darlington Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Darlington Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Darlington Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Darlington census records
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Military Service by Darlington
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