Hempstead Family History
Hempstead Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so called,
most of which were originally named with Old English
hamstede or h?mstede ‘homestead’. One Hempstead
in Norfolk derives its name from Old English hænep ‘hemp’ +
stede ‘place’, while Hempsted in Gloucestershire was originally
‘high homestead’ (Old English heah + hamstede).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hempstead
Name Distribution of Hempstead Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hempstead families
 43 - 83  15 - 42 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hempstead families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hempstead census records
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Hempstead Family Origin
Hempstead Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Hempstead Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hempstead census records
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Military Service by Hempstead
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