Alwin Family History
- Alwin Name Meaning
- English: from the Middle English personal name Alwin or Elwin, a falling together of various Old English personal names: Ælfwine ‘elf friend’, Æ{dh}elwine ‘noble friend’, Ealdwine ‘old friend’, and others.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 18,618 Historical Documents with Alwin on Ancestry
- 5,546 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 4,227 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,631 Military Records
- 615 Immigration Records
- 6,599 Member Trees
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Number of Alwin families
 21 - 40  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Alwin census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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