Merrick Family History
Merrick Name Meaning
Welsh: from the Welsh personal name Meurig, a form of
Maurice, Latin Mauritius (see Morris).English: from an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by
the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements meri,
mari ‘fame’ + ric ‘power’.Scottish: habitational
name from a place near Minigaff in the county of Dumfries and
Galloway, so called from Gaelic meurach ‘branch or fork of a
road or river’.Irish: when not Welsh or English in origin,
probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh (see
Merry).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Merrick
Name Distribution of Merrick Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Merrick families
 177 - 352  60 - 176 |
 1 - 59  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Merrick families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Merrick census records
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Merrick Family Origin
Merrick Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Merrick Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Merrick Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Merrick census records
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Military Service by Merrick
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