Lonsdale Family History
Lonsdale Name Meaning
English: habitational name from places in Lancashire and southern
Cumbria, named in Old English as Lunesdæl, from the river
name Lune + dæl ‘valley’. This ancient British river
name is the same as in the first element in Lancaster, through
which city the river runs.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lonsdale
Name Distribution of Lonsdale Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lonsdale families
 505 - 1,007  169 - 504 |
 1 - 168  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lonsdale families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lonsdale census records
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Lonsdale Family Origin
Lonsdale Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Lonsdale Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Lonsdale Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Lonsdale census records
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Military Service by Lonsdale
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