Oakland Family History
Oakland Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land
marked by an oak tree or trees, from Middle English oke ‘oak’ +
land ‘land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Oakland
Name Distribution of Oakland Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oakland families
 69 - 135  24 - 68 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Oakland census records
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Oakland Family Origin
Oakland Emigration Information (US)
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Oakland Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Oakland census records
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Military Service by Oakland
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