Seymour Family History
- Seymour Name Meaning
- English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Saint-Maur-des-Fossées in Seine, northern France, or possibly from Saint-Maur-sur-Loire in Touraine. Both places are named from the dedication of the church there to St. Maur (see Moore 3).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 2,129,949 Historical Documents with Seymour on Ancestry
- 405,373 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 316,953 Census and Voter Lists
- 51,194 Military Records
- 36,740 Immigration Records
- 1,319,689 Member Trees
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Number of Seymour families
 698 - 1,394  233 - 697 |
 1 - 232  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Seymour families
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32 - 61 11 - 31 |
1 - 10 |
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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