Pettiford Family History
- Pettiford Name Meaning
- English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French pied de fer ‘iron foot’, given perhaps to someone with an artificial foot or leg, or to a tireless walker or messenger.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 64,735 Historical Documents with Pettiford on Ancestry
- 25,997 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 11,193 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,777 Military Records
- 266 Immigration Records
- 25,502 Member Trees
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Number of Pettiford families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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