Felton Family History
Felton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so
called. Most of them, including those in Herefordshire, Shropshire,
and Somerset (Winford), are named from Old English feld
‘pasture’, ‘open country’ + tun ‘enclosure’,
‘settlement’. Another place of the same name in Somerset, also known
as Whitchurch, has as its first element Old English fileðe
‘hay’. Felton Hill in Northumberland is named with the Old English
personal name Fygla (a derivative of fugol ‘bird’;
compare Fowle).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Felton
Name Distribution of Felton Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Felton families
 206 - 410  69 - 205 |
 1 - 68  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Felton families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Felton Family Origin
Felton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Felton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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