Southwood Family History
Southwood Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Norfolk, so named from
Old English suð ‘south’ + wudu ‘wood’, or a
topographic name with the same meaning.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Southwood
Name Distribution of Southwood Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Southwood families
 102 - 201  35 - 101 |
 1 - 34  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Southwood census records
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Southwood Family Origin
Southwood Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Southwood Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Southwood census records
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Military Service by Southwood
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