Raison Family History
Raison Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and French: nickname for an intelligent person,
from Middle English, Old French raison ‘reasoning’,
‘intellectual faculty’ (Latin ratio, genitive rationis).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Raison
Name Distribution of Raison Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Raison families
 49 - 96  17 - 48 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Raison families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Raison census records
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Raison Family Origin
Raison Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Raison Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Raison Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Raison census records
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Military Service by Raison
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