Petty Family History
Petty Name Meaning
English: variant of Petit. The name is also found in
Ireland, the main branch there having been established in County Kerry
in the 17th century by Sir William Petty.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Petty
Name Distribution of Petty Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Petty families
 545 - 1,088  182 - 544 |
 1 - 181  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Petty families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Petty census records
You can see how Petty families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Petty Family Origin
Petty Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Petty families immigrated
to the United States.
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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 New York Passenger Lists
Petty Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Petty families immigrated
to Australia.
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 Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Petty Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Petty census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Petty ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Petty
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