Gorham Family History
Gorham Name Meaning
English (Kent): apparently a habitational name from a lost or
unidentified place, possibly so named from Old English gara
‘triangular piece of land’ + ham ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gorham
Name Distribution of Gorham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gorham families
 117 - 231  40 - 116 |
 1 - 39  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gorham families
|
9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gorham census records
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Gorham Family Origin
Gorham Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Gorham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Gorham census records
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Military Service by Gorham
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