Isham Family History
Isham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Northamptonshire named
Isham, from the river name Ise (of Celtic origin) + Old English
ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘promontory’ or ‘enclosure
hemmed in by water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Isham
Name Distribution of Isham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Isham families
 34 - 65  12 - 33 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Isham last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Isham census records
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Isham Family Origin
Isham Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Isham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Isham
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