Guilford Family History
Guilford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Guildford in Surrey, which is
probably named with Old English gylde ‘golden’ (perhaps used
here to denote a sandy hill) + ford ‘ford’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Guilford
Name Distribution of Guilford Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Guilford families
 21 - 39  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Guilford families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Guilford census records
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Guilford Family Origin
Guilford Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Guilford Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Guilford census records
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Military Service by Guilford
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