Woodward Family History
Woodward Name Meaning
occupational name for a forester employed to look
after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward
(from the Old English elements mentioned at 2).perhaps also from
an Old English personal name Wuduweard, composed of the
elements wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian’,
‘protector’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Woodward
Name Distribution of Woodward Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Woodward families
 958 - 1,913  320 - 957 |
 1 - 319  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Woodward families
|
17 - 32 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Woodward census records
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Woodward Family Origin
Woodward Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Woodward Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Woodward Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Woodward census records
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Military Service by Woodward
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