Massey Family History
Massey Name Meaning
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French:
habitational name from any of various places in northern France which
get their names from the Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius +
the locative suffix -acum.English (of Norman origin):
habitational name from Marcy in La Manche. This surname is preserved
in the English place name Stondon Massey.English: from a
pet form of Matthew.Altered spelling of French
Massé (see Masse 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Massey
Name Distribution of Massey Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Massey families
 1,196 - 2,389  399 - 1,195 |
 1 - 398  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Massey families
|
52 - 102 18 - 51 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Massey census records
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Massey Family Origin
Massey Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Massey Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Massey Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Massey census records
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Military Service by Massey
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