Dunford Family History
Dunford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Dunford Bridge, a hamlet near
Penistone, West Yorkshire, so called from the river Don (a
British name, possibly meaning ‘river’) + Old English ford
‘ford’, or from Dunford House in Methley, West Yorkshire, which is
named in Old English as ‘Dunn’s ford’ (see Dunn 2). Reaney
suggests that the name may also have arisen from places called
Durnford in Somerset and Wiltshire. (Great) Durnford in Wiltshire was
named in Old English as ‘hidden ford’ (dierne + ford).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dunford
Name Distribution of Dunford Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dunford families
 173 - 344  58 - 172 |
 1 - 57  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dunford families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dunford Family Origin
Dunford Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Dunford Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Dunford Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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