Worcester Family History
Worcester Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Worcester, named from
Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin
castra ‘legionary camp’) + a British tribal name of uncertain
origin.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Worcester
Name Distribution of Worcester Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Worcester families
 30 - 57  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Worcester census records
You can see how Worcester 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.
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Worcester Family Origin
Worcester Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Worcester 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.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Worcester Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Worcester census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Worcester ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Worcester
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