Guild Family History
Guild Name Meaning
Scottish: apparently a nickname for someone who played a
prominent part in a medieval guild. It may, however, be a Scottish
variant of Gold.Welsh: Anglicized form of the
Welsh surname Gwyllt, a nickname meaning ‘wild’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Guild
Name Distribution of Guild Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Guild families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Guild families
|
145 - 288 49 - 144 |
1 - 48 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Guild census records
You can see how Guild families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Guild Family Origin
Guild Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Guild families immigrated
to the United States.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Guild Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Guild census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Guild ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Guild
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