The canham Surname
canham Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place in Suffolk called Cavenham
(of which this is a reduced form), from the genitive case of an
unattested Old English byname Cafna (from caf
‘bold’, ‘active’) + Old English ham ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| History of Canham surname | Rebecca Canham (AUS) | 5 |
| Richard Talbot Canham |
 tomcan1
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| Horatio George Canham |
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| Canham in Salt Lake City |
johngreen96
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| Thomas Canham Born 1835ish |
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| Canham's in Norfolk, UK |
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| Lance Cpl. Dustin L. Canham of Lake Stevens, Wash., died March 23, 2008 |
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| CANHAM/HOOD/SHICKLE | JANICE HENDERSON IONS | 2 |
| Thomas Canham - Sandwich, Illinois area | Donna | 20 |
| Samuel Canham of England | Karen Kelnhofer Eddy | 6 |
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