Hawthorne Family History
Hawthorne Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a
bush or hedge of hawthorn (Old English haguþorn,
hægþorn, i.e. thorn used for making hedges and
enclosures, Old English haga, (ge)hæg), or a
habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Hawthorn
in County Durham. In Scotland the surname originated in the Durham
place name, and from Scotland it was taken to Ireland. This spelling
is now found primarily in northern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hawthorne
Name Distribution of Hawthorne Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hawthorne families
 88 - 173  30 - 87 |
 1 - 29  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hawthorne families
|
41 - 79 14 - 40 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Hawthorne Family Origin
Hawthorne Emigration Information (US)
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Hawthorne Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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