Wilson Family History
Wilson Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from the personal
name Will, a very common medieval short form of
William.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wilson
Name Distribution of Wilson Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wilson families
 11,524 - 23,046  3,842 - 11,523 |
 1 - 3,841  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wilson families
|
5,850 - 11,698 1,951 - 5,849 |
1 - 1,950 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wilson census records
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Wilson Family Origin
Wilson Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Wilson Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Wilson Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Wilson census records
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Military Service by Wilson
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