Springfield Family History
Springfield Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Essex, recorded in
Domesday Book as Springinghefelda and as Springafelda,
probably from Old English Springingafeld ‘pasture (feld)
of the people who live by a spring’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Springfield
Name Distribution of Springfield Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Springfield families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Springfield families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Springfield census records
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Springfield Family Origin
Springfield Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Springfield Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Springfield census records
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Military Service by Springfield
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