Westman Family History
- Westman Name Meaning
- Americanized spelling of German Westmann, a variant of West, with the addition of Middle High German man ‘man’. Swedish: ornamental or topographic name of German origin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 119,098 Historical Documents with Westman on Ancestry
- 60,021 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 21,924 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,196 Military Records
- 7,086 Immigration Records
- 26,871 Member Trees
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Number of Westman families
 18 - 33  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Westman families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Westman 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
Westman census records
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