Burden Family History
- Burden Name Meaning
- (of Norman origin) from the Old French personal name Burdo (oblique case Burdon), probably of Germanic origin, but uncertain meaning. nickname for a pilgrim or one who carried a pilgrim’s staff, Middle English, Old French bourdon. habitational name from any of various places called Burdon or Burden. Burden in West Yorkshire and Great Burdon in County Durham are named with Old English burh ‘stronghold’, ‘fortified place’ + dun ‘hill’; Burdon in Tyne and Wear is named with Old English b¯re ‘byre’ + denu ‘valley’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 788,256 Historical Documents with Burden on Ancestry
- 216,789 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 135,365 Census and Voter Lists
- 16,642 Military Records
- 10,973 Immigration Records
- 408,487 Member Trees
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Number of Burden families
 275 - 547  92 - 274 |
 1 - 91  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Burden families
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23 - 43 8 - 22 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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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 the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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