Winchester Family History
Winchester Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city in Hampshire, so named
from the addition of Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled
city’ (Latin castra ‘legionary camp’) to the Romano-British
name Venta, of disputed origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
356,727
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Winchester
Name Distribution of Winchester Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Winchester families
 150 - 297  51 - 149 |
 1 - 50  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Winchester families
|
37 - 72 13 - 36 |
1 - 12 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Winchester census records
You can see how Winchester families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
View all Winchester census records
>
Winchester Family Origin
Winchester Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Winchester emigration records
You can find out when most of the Winchester families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
View all Winchester emigration records >
from the New York Passenger Lists
Winchester Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Winchester census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Winchester ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
View all Winchester census records >
Military Service by Winchester
Message Board about Winchester
435 Threads, 66
Messages
Browse message boards to get helpful hints from other people researching the name
Winchester.
Threads: 435 - Messages: 66
×