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Alderwick Family History

Alderwick Surname Meaning

Apparently from an unidentified place named with Old English alor ‘alder’ + Old English wīc ‘specialized or outlying farm’. However, no medieval bearers have been found to support this and it is more likely that Alderwick is an altered form of another Wilts name probably Aldericke.

Compare John Aldericke 1670, John Alderwick 1679, and John Aldric 1712 in IGI (Broughton Gifford, Wilts) where the spelling -wick appears to be a hypercorrection mistakenly assuming -ick to be a vulgar pronunciation of -wick.

Ald(e)ric(k) (see Aldrick) is a variant of Aldridge.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Alderwick families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Alderwick family name was found in the USA, and the UK between 1880 and 1920. The most Alderwick families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 28 Alderwick families living in Yorkshire. This was about 45% of all the recorded Alderwick's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Alderwick families in 1891.
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What did your Alderwick ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Alderwick. 82% of Alderwick women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    82%
  • Unpaid Domestic Duti
    19%

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Passenger Lists

There are 83 immigration records available for the last name Alderwick. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 106 military records available for the last name Alderwick. For the veterans among your Alderwick ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Between 1962 and 2003, in the United States, Alderwick life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1967, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Alderwick in 1962 was 74, and 82 in 2003.

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