Dawson Family History
Dawson Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Daw 1.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dawson
Name Distribution of Dawson Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dawson families
 3,591 - 7,180  1,198 - 3,590 |
 1 - 1,197  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dawson families
|
360 - 718 121 - 359 |
1 - 120 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dawson census records
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Dawson Family Origin
Dawson Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Dawson Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Dawson families immigrated
to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Dawson Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Dawson census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Dawson ancestors, such as occupation.
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Military Service by Dawson
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