Townsend Family History
Townsend Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the extremity of
a village, from Middle English toun ‘village’, ‘settlement’ +
ende ‘end’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Townsend
Name Distribution of Townsend Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Townsend families
 1,077 - 2,152  360 - 1,076 |
 1 - 359  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Townsend families
|
41 - 80 14 - 40 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Townsend census records
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Townsend Family Origin
Townsend Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Townsend families immigrated
to the United States.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Townsend Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Townsend families immigrated
to Australia.
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Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Townsend Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Townsend census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Townsend ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Townsend
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