Paterson Family History
Paterson Name Meaning
Scottish: patronymic from a pet form of Pate 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Paterson
Name Distribution of Paterson Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Paterson families
 290 - 577  97 - 289 |
 1 - 96  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Paterson families
|
2,975 - 5,947 992 - 2,974 |
1 - 991 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Paterson census records
You can see how Paterson families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Paterson Family Origin
Paterson Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Paterson families immigrated
to the United States.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Paterson Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Paterson families immigrated
to Australia.
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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 Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Paterson Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Paterson census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Paterson ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Paterson
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