Fort Family History
Fort Name Meaning
English, French, and Catalan: nickname from Old French, Middle
English, Catalan fort, ‘strong’, ‘brave’ (Latin
fortis). In some cases it may be from the Latin personal name
derived from this word; this was borne by an obscure saint whose cult
was popular during the Middle Ages in southern and southwestern
France.English and French: topographic name for
someone who lived near a fortress or stronghold, or an occupational
name for someone employed in one. Compare Fortier 1.Czech
(Fort): variant of Forst.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Fort
Name Distribution of Fort Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Fort families
 147 - 292  50 - 146 |
 1 - 49  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Fort families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Fort census records
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Fort Family Origin
Fort Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Fort Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Fort families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Fort Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Fort census records
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Military Service by Fort
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