Radford Family History
Radford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the various places so named,
for example in Devon, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and
Hereford and Worcester. Most are named from Old English read
‘red’ + ford ‘ford’, but it is possible that in some cases the
first element may be a derivative of Old English ridan ‘to
ride’, with the meaning ‘ford that can be crossed on horseback’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Radford
Name Distribution of Radford Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Radford families
 408 - 814  137 - 407 |
 1 - 136  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Radford families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Radford census records
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Radford Family Origin
Radford Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Radford Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Radford Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Radford census records
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Military Service by Radford
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