Lancaster Family History
Lancaster Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Lancaster in northwestern England,
named in Old English as ‘Roman fort on the Lune’, from the Lune river,
on which it stands, + Old English cæster ‘Roman fort or
walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’). The river name is
probably British, perhaps related to Gaelic slán ‘healthy’,
‘salubrious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lancaster
Name Distribution of Lancaster Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lancaster families
 1,034 - 2,066  345 - 1,033 |
 1 - 344  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lancaster families
|
15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lancaster census records
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Lancaster Family Origin
Lancaster Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Lancaster Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Lancaster Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Lancaster census records
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Military Service by Lancaster
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