Lavigne Family History
Lavigne Name Meaning
French: from Old French vi(g)ne ‘vineyard’ (Latin
vinea, a derivative of vinum ‘wine’), hence a
topographic name for someone who lived near a vineyard; a metonymic
occupational name for a vine dresser or the owner of a vineyard; or a
habitational name from any of numerous places so named. In Canada,
this is a frequent secondary surname, which has also been used alone
since 1708.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lavigne
Name Distribution of Lavigne Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lavigne census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Lavigne surname lived over the years.
While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
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Lavigne Family Origin
Lavigne Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Lavigne 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
Lavigne Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Lavigne census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Lavigne ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Lavigne
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