Hereford Family History
Hereford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hereford in Herefordshire, or
Harford in Devon and Goucestershire, all named from Old English
here ‘army’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Hereford
Name Distribution of Hereford Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Hereford families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hereford families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hereford census records
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Hereford Family Origin
Hereford Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Hereford Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Hereford census records
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Military Service by Hereford
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