Wilford Family History
Wilford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called
Wilford, in Nottinghamshire and Suffolk, both probably named with an
Old English wilig ‘willow tree’ + Old English ford
‘ford’.Dutch: see Williford.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wilford
Name Distribution of Wilford Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wilford families
 168 - 333  57 - 167 |
 1 - 56  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wilford census records
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Wilford Family Origin
Wilford Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Wilford Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Wilford Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Wilford census records
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Military Service by Wilford
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