Richmond Family History
Richmond Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places so
named, in northern France as well as in England. These are named with
the Old French elements riche ‘rich’, ‘splendid’ + mont
‘hill’. Richmond in North Yorkshire was named after a Richmont in
France immediately after the Norman Conquest, and in many if not most
cases the English surname can de derived from this place. Richmond in
southwest London received this name only in the reign of Henry VII, in
honor of the king, who had been Earl of Richmond until he came to the
throne, and is unlikely to be the source of this surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Richmond
Name Distribution of Richmond Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Richmond families
 667 - 1,332  223 - 666 |
 1 - 222  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Richmond families
|
338 - 673 113 - 337 |
1 - 112 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Richmond census records
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Richmond Family Origin
Richmond Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Richmond Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Richmond Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Richmond census records
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Military Service by Richmond
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