Whitfield Family History
Whitfield Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places named
Whitfield, for example in Derbyshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, and
Northumberland, named with Old English hwit ‘white’ +
feld ‘open country’, because of their chalky or soil.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Whitfield
Name Distribution of Whitfield Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Whitfield families
 587 - 1,172  196 - 586 |
 1 - 195  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Whitfield families
|
12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Whitfield census records
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Whitfield Family Origin
Whitfield Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Whitfield families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Whitfield Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Whitfield families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Whitfield Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Whitfield census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Whitfield ancestors, such as occupation.
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Military Service by Whitfield
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