Selway Family History
Selway Name Meaning
English: from a Middle English personal name, Salewi,
probably from an unattested Old English personal name,
S?lwig, composed of the elements s?l ‘good
fortune’ + wig ‘war’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Selway
Name Distribution of Selway Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Selway families
 137 - 271  46 - 136 |
 1 - 45  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Selway families
|
10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Selway census records
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Selway Family Origin
Selway Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Selway Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Selway
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