Matthews Family History
Matthews Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Matthew. In North America, this
form has assimilated numerous vernacular derivatives in other
languages of Latin Mat(t)hias and Matthaeus.Irish
(Ulster and County Louth): used as an Americanized form of
McMahon.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Matthews
Name Distribution of Matthews Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Matthews families
 2,207 - 4,411  736 - 2,206 |
 1 - 735  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Matthews families
|
102 - 202 35 - 101 |
1 - 34 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Matthews census records
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Matthews Family Origin
Matthews Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Matthews Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Matthews Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Matthews census records
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Military Service by Matthews
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