Medford Family History
Medford Name Meaning
Apparently an English habitational name from an unidentified
place. Possibly it originated in North America, from Medford, MA, which
is named as ‘the ford by the meadow’. pwh.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Medford
Name Distribution of Medford Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Medford families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Medford Family Origin
Medford Emigration Information (US)
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Medford Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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