Greenhill Family History
Greenhill Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the various minor places
in England named Greenhill, usually from Old English grene
‘green’ + hyll ‘hill’. However, Greenhill in Worcestershire is
probably named from Old English grima ‘specter’, ‘goblin’ +
hyll ‘hill’.English translation of Ashkenazic
Jewish Grünberg.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Greenhill
Name Distribution of Greenhill Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Greenhill families
 142 - 282  48 - 141 |
 1 - 47  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Greenhill families
|
38 - 74 13 - 37 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Greenhill census records
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Greenhill Family Origin
Greenhill Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Greenhill Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Greenhill families immigrated
to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Greenhill Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Greenhill census records
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Military Service by Greenhill
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