Hanson Family History
Hanson Name Meaning
English (chiefly Midlands and northern England, especially
Yorkshire): patronymic from Hann or the byname Hand.Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
hAmhsaigh (see Hampson 2).Irish: variant of
McKittrick.Respelling of Scandinavian Hansen
or Hansson.Jewish (Ashkenazic): metronymic from the
female personal name Hanna.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hanson
Name Distribution of Hanson Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hanson families
 2,284 - 4,566  762 - 2,283 |
 1 - 761  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hanson families
|
36 - 69 13 - 35 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hanson census records
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Hanson Family Origin
Hanson Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Hanson Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Hanson families immigrated
to Australia.
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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
Hanson Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hanson census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Hanson ancestors, such as occupation.
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Military Service by Hanson
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