Lithgow Family History
Lithgow Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Linlithgow, between Edinburgh and
Falkirk, which was probably named with British words related to modern
Welsh llyn ‘lake’, ‘pool’ + llaith ‘damp’ + cau
‘hollow’. In the 13th and 14th centuries the name appears both with
and without the first syllable. Originally, Lithgow was the name of
the settlement and Linlithgow that of the lake. Lithgow was associated
by folk etymology with Gaelic liath ‘gray’ + cu ‘dog’,
and such a figure appears on the medieval borough seal.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lithgow
Name Distribution of Lithgow Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lithgow families
 17 - 31  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lithgow families
|
110 - 217 37 - 109 |
1 - 36 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lithgow census records
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Lithgow Family Origin
Lithgow Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Lithgow Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Lithgow Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Lithgow census records
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Military Service by Lithgow
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