Allison Family History
- Allison Name Meaning
- English and Scottish: patronymic from a Middle English male personal name: in most cases probably Allen, but other possibilities include a variant of Ellis or a short form of Alexander. In some instances, it may be from a female personal name, Alise or Alice (see Allis).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 2,800,070 Historical Documents with Allison on Ancestry
- 643,192 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 433,950 Census and Voter Lists
- 78,213 Military Records
- 37,781 Immigration Records
- 1,606,934 Member Trees
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Number of Allison families
 878 - 1,754  293 - 877 |
 1 - 292  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Allison families
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520 - 1,038 174 - 519 |
1 - 173 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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