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berkshire Name Meaning and History

English: regional name denoting someone from the county of Berkshire in central southern England. The place name is derived from a Celtic name meaning ‘hilly place’ + Old English scir ‘shire’.

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Distribution of berkshire Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: Less than 1% (0 of 236)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Maryland: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Delaware: Less than 1% (0 of 236)New Jersey: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Connecticut: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Massachusetts: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Hawaii: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Alaska: Less than 1% (0 of 236)California: 4% (10 of 236)Nevada: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Oregon: 2% (4 of 236)Washington: 3% (6 of 236)Idaho: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Utah: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Arizona: Less than 1% (0 of 236)New Mexico: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Colorado: 1% (3 of 236)Wyoming: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Montana: Less than 1% (0 of 236)North Dakota: Less than 1% (0 of 236)South Dakota: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Nebraska: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Kansas: 3% (8 of 236)Oklahoma: 1% (3 of 236)Texas: 3% (6 of 236)Minnesota: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Iowa: 5% (11 of 236)Missouri: 9% (22 of 236)Arkansas: 2% (5 of 236)Louisiana: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Illinois: 11% (25 of 236)Wisconsin: 2% (4 of 236)Michigan: 1% (2 of 236)Indiana: 11% (27 of 236)Ohio: 19% (44 of 236)Kentucky: 11% (26 of 236)West Virginia: 1% (2 of 236)Tennessee: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Mississippi: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Alabama: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Florida: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Georgia: 1% (2 of 236)South Carolina: Less than 1% (1 of 236)North Carolina: 1% (2 of 236)Virginia: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Maryland: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Delaware: Less than 1% (0 of 236)New Jersey: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Pennsylvania: 5% (12 of 236)New York: 1% (2 of 236)Connecticut: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Massachusetts: Less than 1% (1 of 236)Vermont: Less than 1% (0 of 236)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (0 of 236)Maine: Less than 1% (0 of 236)
Number of berkshire families
 23-44
 8-22		 1-7
 0
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Threads: 29 - Messages: 106
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GEORGE BERKSHIRE Wimbledon UK dDuncansonClark 0
Samuel W. Berkshire Obituary Laura R. 0
Decendants of Otho and John Alexander Berkshire annebrisco 6
Harry P. BERKSHIRE d. 20 January 1926 - Kansas City, MO JohnWOBrien 3
berkshire mandy 2
Tiberious Berkshire asmdg2 3
Otho descendents WWBrisco 0
berkshires mstrongm 12
Information jebenoit194 0
Berkshire - 1882 - Tuscarawas Co., OH DLaFromboise 0
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