Rideau Family History
Rideau Name Meaning
French (Normandy): topographic name for someone who lived on ridged
terrain, from an agent derivative of Old French rider ‘to
fold’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rideau
Name Distribution of Rideau Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rideau census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Rideau surname lived over the years.
While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
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Rideau Family Origin
Rideau Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Rideau families immigrated
to the United States.
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 New York Passenger Lists
Rideau Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Rideau census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Rideau ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Rideau
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