Penman Family History
Penman Name Meaning
occupational name for a scribe.habitational name
from a lost place in the Border region, derived from the British
elements penn ‘hill’, ‘head’ + maen ‘stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Penman
Name Distribution of Penman Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Penman families
 69 - 136  24 - 68 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Penman families
|
285 - 567 96 - 284 |
1 - 95 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Penman census records
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Penman Family Origin
Penman Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Penman Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Penman census records
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Military Service by Penman
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