Padilla Family History
Padilla Name Meaning
Spanish: habitational name from any of the various minor places,
for example in the provinces of Burgos, Guadalajara, and Valladolid,
named from Spanish padilla ‘frying pan’, ‘breadpan’ (Latin
patella, a diminutive of patina ‘shallow dish’), a word
which was commonly used in the topographical sense of a gentle
depression.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Padilla
Name Distribution of Padilla Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Padilla census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Padilla surname lived over the years.
While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
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Padilla Family Origin
Padilla Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Padilla families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Padilla Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Padilla census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Padilla ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Padilla
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