Finch Family History
Finch Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English finch ‘finch’ (Old
English finc). In the Middle Ages this bird had a reputation
for stupidity. It may perhaps also in part represent a metonymic
occupational name for someone who caught finches and sold them as
songsters or for the cooking pot. The surname is found in all parts of
Britain but is most common in Lancashire. See also Fink.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Finch
Name Distribution of Finch Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Finch families
 974 - 1,946  325 - 973 |
 1 - 324  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Finch families
|
15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Finch census records
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Finch Family Origin
Finch Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Finch Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Finch Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Finch census records
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Military Service by Finch
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