Heath Family History
Heath Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on a heath (Middle
English hethe, Old English h?ð) or a habitational
name from any of the numerous places, for example in Bedfordshire,
Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and West Yorkshire, named with
this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic
plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in
Dublin since the late 16th century.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Heath
Name Distribution of Heath Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Heath families
 1,420 - 2,838  474 - 1,419 |
 1 - 473  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Heath families
|
28 - 53 10 - 27 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Heath census records
You can see how Heath 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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Heath Family Origin
Heath Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Heath emigration records
You can find out when most of the Heath families immigrated
to the United States.
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 New York Passenger Lists
Heath Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Heath 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
Heath Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Heath census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Heath ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Heath
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