Deacon Family History
Deacon Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a deacon, or perhaps more
probably for his servant. In Middle English two forms coalesced:
deakne, from Old English, and diacne, from Old
French. Both are ultimately from Late Latin diaconus, from
Greek diakonos ‘servant’.Irish: when not of English
origin; it was taken to Ireland in the 17th century, it may be an
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deocáin ‘descendant of
Deocán’, a personal name of uncertain derivation and
meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Deacon
Name Distribution of Deacon Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Deacon families
 402 - 801  135 - 401 |
 1 - 134  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Deacon families
|
16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Deacon census records
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Deacon Family Origin
Deacon Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Deacon Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Deacon Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Deacon census records
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Military Service by Deacon
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