Wainwright Family History
Wainwright Name Meaning
English (chiefly Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name for a
maker of carts or wagons, Middle English waynwright (see
Wayne + Wright).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Wainwright Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wainwright families
 1,005 - 2,008  336 - 1,004 |
 1 - 335  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wainwright families
|
7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wainwright census records
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Wainwright Family Origin
Wainwright Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Wainwright Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Wainwright Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Wainwright census records
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Military Service by Wainwright
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