Grantham Family History
Grantham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, of
uncertain origin. The final element is Old English ham
‘homestead’; the first may be Old English grand ‘gravel’ or
perhaps a personal name Granta, which probably originated as a
byname meaning ‘snarler’. See also Graham.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Grantham
Name Distribution of Grantham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Grantham families
 193 - 383  65 - 192 |
 1 - 64  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Grantham families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Grantham census records
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Grantham Family Origin
Grantham Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Grantham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Grantham census records
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Military Service by Grantham
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