Rothwell Family History
Rothwell Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places, in Lincolnshire,
Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, and elsewhere, so named from Old
English roð(u) ‘clearing’ + well(a) ‘spring’,
‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Rothwell
Name Distribution of Rothwell Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rothwell families
 2,352 - 4,701  785 - 2,351 |
 1 - 784  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rothwell families
|
9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Rothwell census records
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Rothwell Family Origin
Rothwell Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Rothwell Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Rothwell Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Rothwell census records
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Military Service by Rothwell
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