Hampshire Family History
Hampshire Name Meaning
regional name from the southern English county so
called, which derives its name from Hampton (i.e. the port of
Southampton) + Old English scir ‘division’, ‘district’.regional name from the area of Hallamshire in southern Yorkshire,
named from Hallam + Middle English schir ‘division’,
‘administrative region’ (Old English scir). The surname is
most common in Yorkshire, where this second derivation is most likely
to be the source.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hampshire
Name Distribution of Hampshire Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hampshire families
 491 - 980  164 - 490 |
 1 - 163  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hampshire families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hampshire census records
You can see how Hampshire 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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Hampshire Family Origin
Hampshire Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Hampshire emigration records
You can find out when most of the Hampshire 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
Hampshire Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Hampshire families immigrated
to Australia.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Hampshire Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hampshire census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Hampshire ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Hampshire
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