Edward Family History
- Edward Name Meaning
- English: from the Middle English personal name Edward, Old English Eadward, composed of the elements ead ‘prosperity’, ‘fortune’ + w(e)ard ‘guard’. The English personal name also became popular on the Continent as a result of the fame of the two canonized kings of England, Edward the Martyr (962–79) and Edward the Confessor (1004–66). They certainly contributed largely to its great popularity in England.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 1,058,096 Historical Documents with Edward on Ancestry
- 421,466 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 247,113 Census and Voter Lists
- 44,465 Military Records
- 27,902 Immigration Records
- 317,150 Member Trees
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Number of Edward families
 965 - 1,928  322 - 964 |
 1 - 321  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Edward families
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144 - 285 49 - 143 |
1 - 48 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Edward 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
Edward census records
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