Rotherham Family History
Rotherham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Rotherham in South Yorkshire, named
as ‘homestead or village (Old English ham) on the river
Rother’, a Celtic river name meaning ‘chief river’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rotherham
Name Distribution of Rotherham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rotherham families
 124 - 246  42 - 123 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rotherham families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rotherham census records
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Rotherham Family Origin
Rotherham Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Rotherham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Rotherham census records
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Military Service by Rotherham
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