Pelham Family History
Pelham Name Meaning
English (mainly Sussex): habitational name from Pelham in
Hertfordshire, so called from the Old English personal name
Peotla + Old English ham ‘homestead’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Pelham
Name Distribution of Pelham Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pelham families
 68 - 133  23 - 67 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pelham census records
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Pelham Family Origin
Pelham Emigration Information (US)
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Pelham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Pelham
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