Godfrey Family History
Godfrey Name Meaning
English: from the Norman personal name Godefrei,
Godefroi(s), composed of the Germanic elements god,
got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also
Jeffrey.Americanized form of Irish Mac Gothraidh or
Ó Gothraidh, patronymics from the Irish equivalent of
Godfrey (see 1 above), borrowed from the Vikings.Americanized
form of the French surname Godefroi, of the same origin as
1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Godfrey
Name Distribution of Godfrey Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Godfrey families
 1,035 - 2,067  346 - 1,034 |
 1 - 345  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Godfrey families
|
37 - 71 13 - 36 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Godfrey census records
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Godfrey Family Origin
Godfrey Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Godfrey Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Godfrey Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Godfrey census records
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Military Service by Godfrey
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