Manchester Family History
Manchester Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city in northwestern England,
formerly part of Lancashire. This is so called from Mamucio (an
ancient British name containing the element mamma ‘breast’,
and meaning ‘breast-shaped hill’) + Old English ceaster ‘Roman
fort or walled city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Manchester
Name Distribution of Manchester Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Manchester families
 83 - 163  28 - 82 |
 1 - 27  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Manchester families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Manchester census records
You can see how Manchester families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Manchester Family Origin
Manchester Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Manchester emigration records
You can find out when most of the Manchester 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
Manchester Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Manchester census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Manchester ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Manchester
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