Walsh Family History
Walsh Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Breathnach ‘Briton’. It was used in particular to denote the
Welshmen who arrived in Ireland in the wake of Strongbow’s
Anglo-Norman invasion of 1170.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Walsh
Name Distribution of Walsh Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Walsh families
 4,381 - 8,760  1,461 - 4,380 |
 1 - 1,460  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Walsh families
|
108 - 214 37 - 107 |
1 - 36 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Walsh census records
You can see how Walsh families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
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Walsh Family Origin
Walsh Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Walsh families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Walsh Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Walsh 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
Walsh Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Walsh census records
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Military Service by Walsh
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